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Applying a novelty filter as a matching criterion to iris recognition for binary and real-valued feature vectors

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The main contributions of this paper are proposing a robust matching measure that employs multiple images of a subject to enroll an iris and that can be used with both types of feature vectors, real-valued and binary feature vectors. The first one is obtained using wavelet transforms and pixel intensity images and the second one using binary wavelet coefficients. The validation of the new matching measure proposed was done considering two utilization modes of the biometric system: verification mode and identification mode. The performance of the new matching measure is comparable to other published results. The vector with lower size was the one that uses binary wavelet coefficients, with only 10 bytes of information. Other authors reported binary feature vector sizes much greater than this one. Iris codification with vectors of lower sizes accounts for the construction of iris recognition embedded systems.

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  1. Federal University of Amazonas, Av. General Rodrigo Otavio Jordao Ramos, 3000, Aleixo, Campus Universitario, Manaus, AM, CEP 69077-000, Brazil

    Cicero Ferreira Fernandes Costa Filho & Marly Guimaraes Fernandes Costa

  2. Science, Technology and Innovation Center for the Manaus Industrial Pole, Rua Salvador, 391—Adrianopolis, Manaus, Amazonas, CEP 69057-040, Brazil

    Claudio Franklin Martins Pinheiro

  3. Biomedical Engineering Program—COPPE/UFRJ, Caixa Postal 68510, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP 21941-972, Brazil

    Wagner Coelho de Albuquerque Pereira

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Costa Filho, C.F.F., Pinheiro, C.F.M., Costa, M.G.F. et al. Applying a novelty filter as a matching criterion to iris recognition for binary and real-valued feature vectors. SIViP 7, 287–296 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11760-011-0237-5

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