Paper Info
Title
Effects of iris surface curvature on iris recognition
Abstract
To focus on objects at various distances, the lens of the eye must change shape to adjust its refractive power. This change in lens shape causes a change in the shape of the iris surface which can be measured by examining the curvature of the iris. This work isolates the variable of iris curvature in the recognition process and shows that differences in iris curvature degrade matching ability. To our knowledge, no other work has examined the effects of varying iris curvature on matching ability. To examine this degradation, we conduct a matching experiment across pairs of images with varying degrees of iris curvature differences. The results show a statistically significant degradation in matching ability. Finally, the real world impact of these findings is discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/BTAS.2013.6712693
Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
iris recognition,statistical analysis,iris recognition,iris surface curvature,matching ability,refractive power,statistical analysis
Optical power,Computer vision,Iris recognition,Iris surface,Curvature,Computer science,Artificial intelligence,Statistical analysis
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.44
6
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Joseph Thompson130.44
Patrick J. Flynn24405307.04
Kevin W. Bowyer311121734.33
Hector J. Santos-Villalobos4124.53