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Human-Biometric Sensor Interaction (HBSI); Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); Human Factors; Usability
Definition
Biometric ergonomic design is the area of research that examines how humans interact and use biometric sensors, devices, interfaces, and systems. The purpose is to understand the physical and cognitive human-biometric sensor interaction to improve the system design and overall performance of a biometric system.
Introduction
Biometric ergonomic design is an emerging interdisciplinary research area in biometrics that focuses on the interactionbetween the user and the biometric system to better understand issues and errors, users knowingly or unknowingly generate when attempting to use a biometric system. This research area attempts to understand what tasks, movements, and behaviors users execute when encountering different biometric modalities. This area presents a challenge for the biometrics community – while the algorithms are continually improving, there are...
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Kukula, E.P., Elliott, S.J. (2009). Ergonomic Design for Biometric Systems. In: Li, S.Z., Jain, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73003-5_184
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