ICIAR 2005: Image Analysis and Recognition pp 1098-1105 | Cite as

Robust Iris Recognition Using Advanced Correlation Techniques

  • Jason Thornton
  • Marios Savvides
  • B. V. K. Vijayakumar
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 3656)

Abstract

The iris is considered one of the most reliable and stable biometrics as it is believed to not change significantly during a person’s lifetime. Standard techniques for iris recognition, popularized by Daugman, apply Gabor wavelet analysis for feature extraction. In this paper, we consider an alternative method for iris recognition, the use of advanced distortion-tolerant correlation filters for robust pattern matching. These filters offer two primary advantages: shift invariance, and the ability to tolerate within-class image variations. The iris images we use in our experiments are from the CASIA database and also from an iris database we collected at CMU. In this paper, we perform automatic segmentation of the iris (which surrounds the pupil) from the rest of the eye, normalizing for scale and pupil dilation. We then use these segmented iris images to compare the recognition performance of various methods, including Gabor wavelet feature extraction, to correlation filters.

Keywords

Training Image Iris Image Equal Error Rate Gabor Wavelet Iris Recognition 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Jason Thornton
    • 1
  • Marios Savvides
    • 1
  • B. V. K. Vijayakumar
    • 1
  1. 1.Electrical & Computer EngCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghU.S.A.

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