NEW TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOMETRICS

NEW TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOMETRICS Edited by Jucheng Yang, Shan Juan Xie New Trends and Developments in Biometrics http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/3420 Edited by Jucheng Yang, Shan Juan Xie Contributors Miroslav Bača, Petra Grd, Tomislav Fotak, Mohamad El-Abed, Christophe Charrier, Christophe Rosenberger, Homayoon Beigi, Joshua Abraham, Paul Kwan, Claude Roux, Chris Lennard, Christophe Champod, Aniesha Alford, Joseph Shelton, Joshua Adams, Derrick LeFlore, Michael Payne, Jonathan Turner, Vincent McLean, Robert Benson, Gerry Dozier, Kelvin Bryant, John Kelly, Francesco Beritelli, Andrea Spadaccini, Christian Rathgeb, Martin Drahansky, Stepan Mracek, Radim Dvorak, Jan Vana, Svetlana Yanushkevich, Vladimir Balakirsky, Jinfeng Yang, Jucheng Yang, Bon K. Sy, Arun P. Kumara Krishnan, Michal Dolezel, Jaroslav Urbanek, Tai-Hoon Kim, Eva Brezinova, Fen Miao, Ye LI, Cunzhang Cao, Shu-di Bao Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Iva Lipovic Technical Editor InTech DTP team Cover InTech Design team First published November, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com New Trends and Developments in Biometrics, Edited by Jucheng Yang, Shan Juan Xie p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0859-7 free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at www.intechopen.com Contents Preface VII Section 1 Theory and Method 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Speaker Recognition: Advancements and Challenges 3 Homayoon Beigi 3D and Thermo-Face Fusion 31 Štěpán Mráček, Jan Váňa, Radim Dvořák, Martin Drahanský and Svetlana Yanushkevich Finger-Vein Image Restoration Based on a Biological Optical Model 59 Jinfeng Yang, Yihua Shi and Jucheng Yang Basic Principles and Trends in Hand Geometry and Hand Shape Biometrics 77 Miroslav Bača, Petra Grd and Tomislav Fotak Genetic & Evolutionary Biometrics 101 Aniesha Alford, Joseph Shelton, Joshua Adams, Derrick LeFlore, Michael Payne, Jonathan Turner, Vincent McLean, Robert Benson, Gerry Dozier, Kelvin Bryant and John Kelly Section 2 Performance Evaluation 127 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Performance Evaluation of Automatic Speaker Recognition Techniques for Forensic Applications 129 Francesco Beritelli and Andrea Spadaccini Evaluation of Biometric Systems 149 Mohamad El-Abed, Christophe Charrier and Christophe Rosenberger ... - tailieumienphi.vn