A review of data acquisition and difficulties in sensor module of biometric systems

• Main Authors: Sunil Kumar Singla, Santosh Kumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Prince of Songkla University 2013-10-01
• Series: Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST)
• Subjects: biometrics; authentication; sensors; error rates; sensibility contention
• Online Access: http://rdo.psu.ac.th/sjstweb/journal/35-5/35-5-12.pdf

Biometrics refers to the recognition of individuals based on their physiological and/or behavioral characteristics. Thebiometric traits which may be considered for the authentication of a person are face, hand geometry, finger print, vein, iris,etc. A competent selection of a sensor, its mechanism and adaptability is required, as the absence of these will leave thebiometric sensor deceptive to information sensing. Selecting a sensor for a biometric application from the large number ofavailable sensors with different technologies always brought the issue of performance and accuracy. Therefore, various errorrates and sensibility contention differentiate the available biometric sensors. This paper presents the difficulties faced in thesensor module of the biometric system and the incomparable alternatives on the basis of availability of information at sensormodule of the various systems.