Biometric Recognition Using 3D Ear Shape

—Previous works have shown that the ear is a promising candidate for biometric identification. However, in prior work, the preprocessing of ear images has had manual steps and algorithms have not necessarily handled problems caused by hair and earrings. We present a complete system for ear biometrics, including automated segmentation of the ear in a profile view image and 3D shape matching for recognition. We evaluated this system with the largest experimental study to date in ear biometrics, achieving a

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: PAMI
• Authors: Ping Yan, Kevin W. Bowyer
• Keywords: Biometrics, Ear Biometrics, Ear Images, PAMI 2007