Investigation of Two Licensed Biometric Products Using Neurotechnology’s VeriLook and VeriFinger software
What is Biometrics? The application of statistical analysis to biological data Extracts certain features, analyzes them, and by using algorithms, identifies data matches Extractable features include face, fingerprint, iris, retina, voice, hands and DNA
Why is Biometrics important?
Software Used Neurotechnology’s VeriLook 4.0 and VeriFinger 6.3 System requirments PC or Mac with processor of 1GHz or better Microsoft Windows 2000 or newer Mac OS X Tiger or newer
How does it work? VeriLook Facial detection Distance between eyes, face length/width, etc. VeriFinger Distance between lines, degree of curves and patterns
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What is being proven? Is the software able to do as advertised? Is it a good method of recognition? What is the extent of the SDK’s security?
VeriFinger experiments Lotion Hand-sanitizer Weather
Verification of a fingerprint
VeriLook experiments Accepted Facial Area Disguises Age
Facial Regions
Disguises
Age
Conclusions Under what conditions does each software operate optimally?
Neurotechnology’s software Is it able to do as advertised? Yes but with exceptions Is it able to do as advertised? Yes but with exceptions
Thoughts and Ideas Is there a way to increase accuracy and security? A combination of both?..