Human Ear Recognition by Computer (Advances in Pattern Recognition)
Biometrics deals with recognition of individuals based on their physiological or behavioral characteristics. The human ear is a new feature in biometrics that has several merits over the more common face, fingerprint and iris biometrics. Unlike the fingerprint and iris, it can be easily captured from a distance without a fully cooperative subject, although sometimes it may be hidden with hair, scarf and jewellery. Also, unlike a face, the ear is a relatively stable structure that does not change much with the age and facial expressions.
• Ear helix/anti-helix based representation
• Global-to-local registration
• Ear recognition using helix/anti-helix representation
• Ear recognition using a new local surface patch representation
• Efficient ear indexing and recognition
• Performance prediction for 3D ear recognition
• Generality and applications in computer vision and pattern recognition
