Personal authentication using hand vein triangulation

Ajay Kumar Pathak; K. Venkata Prathyusha

doi:10.1117/12.779159

Personal authentication using hand vein triangulation

Ajay Kumar Pathak, K. Venkata Prathyusha

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Abstract

This paper presents a new approach to authenticate individuals using triangulation of hand vein images. The proposed method is fully automated and employs palm dorsal hand vein images acquired from the low-cost, near infrared, contactless imaging. The knuckle tips are used as key points for image normalization and the extraction of region of interest. The matching scores are generated in two parallel stages; (i) hierarchical matching score from the four topologies of triangulation in binarized vein structures and (ii) from the geometrical features consisting of knuckle point perimeter distances in the acquired images. The weighted score level combination from these two matching scores are used to authenticate the individuals. The achieved experimental results from the proposed system using contactless, palm dorsal hand vein images are promising and suggest more user friendly alternative for user identification.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Biometric Technology for Human Identification V
Volume	6944
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779159
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	Biometric Technology for Human Identification V - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: 18 Mar 2008 → 19 Mar 2008

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Conference	Biometric Technology for Human Identification V
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	18/03/08 → 19/03/08

Keywords

Hand vein authentication
Knuckle biometrics
Palm dorsal vein biometrics

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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