Abstract
A new multimodal biometric database, acquired in the framework of the BiosecurID project, is presented together with the description of the acquisition setup and protocol. The database includes eight unimodal biometric traits, namely: speech, iris, face (still images, videos of talking faces), handwritten signature and handwritten text (on-line dynamic signals, off-line scanned images), fingerprints (acquired with two different sensors), hand (palmprint, contour-geometry) and keystroking. The database comprises 400 subjects and presents features such as: realistic acquisition scenario, balanced gender and population distributions, availability of information about particular demographic groups (age, gender, handedness), acquisition of replay attacks for speech and keystroking, skilled forgeries for signatures, and compatibility with other existing databases. All these characteristics make it very useful in research and development of unimodal and multimodal biometric systems.
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The authors would like to thank Javier Garrido-Tomas, Borja Fernandez-Tomas and Daniel Hernandez-Lopez for their support during the acquisition campaign, and the valuable development work of J. Lopez-Peñalba and A. Posse. This work has been supported by the Spanish MEC under project TIC2003-08382-C05-01. The authors J. G. and R. R. are supported by FPU Fellowships from Spanish MEC, the authors M. R. F. and F. A.-F. are supported by FPI Fellowships from CAM, and J. F. is supported by a Marie Curie Fellowship from the European Commission.
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Fierrez, J., Galbally, J., Ortega-Garcia, J. et al. BiosecurID: a multimodal biometric database. Pattern Anal Applic 13, 235–246 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10044-009-0151-4
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