A new approach to iris pattern recognition

Yingzi Du; Robert Ives; Delores M. Etter; Thad Welch

doi:10.1117/12.578789

6 December 2004 A new approach to iris pattern recognition

Yingzi Du, Robert Ives, Delores M. Etter, Thad Welch

Proceedings Volume 5612, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.578789
Event: European Symposium on Optics and Photonics for Defence and Security, 2004, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

An iris identification algorithm is proposed based on adaptive thresholding. The iris images are processed fully in the spatial domain using the distinct features (patterns) of the iris. A simple adaptive thresholding method is used to segment these patterns from the rest of an iris image. This method could possibly be utilized for partial iris recognition since it relaxes the requirement of using a majority of the iris to produce an iris template to compare with the database. In addition, the simple thresholding scheme can improve the computational efficiency of the algorithm. Preliminary results have shown that the method is very effective. However, further testing and improvements are envisioned.

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Yingzi Du, Robert Ives, Delores M. Etter, and Thad Welch "A new approach to iris pattern recognition", Proc. SPIE 5612, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications, (6 December 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.578789

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