A Prototype Design for Civil Applications

Summary

In this chapter, we presented a novel biometric system based on the palmprint. The proposed system can accurately identify a person in real time, which is suitable for various civil applications such as access control. Experimental results show that the proposed system can identify 400 palms with a low false acceptance rate, 0.02%, and a high genuine acceptance rate, 98.83%. For verification, the system can operate at a false acceptance rate, 0.017% and a false rejection rate, 0.86%. Experimental results including accuracy, speed and robustness demonstrate that the palmprint authentication system is comparable with other hand-based biometrics systems, such as hand geometry and fingerprint verification system and is practical for real-world applications. The system has been installed at the Biometric Research Center, Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University since March 2003 for access control.