A survey on ear biometrics
Abstract
Recognizing people by their ear has recently received significant attention in the literature. Several reasons account for this trend: first, ear recognition does not suffer from some problems associated with other non-contact biometrics, such as face recognition; second, it is the most promising candidate for combination with the face in the context of multi-pose face recognition; and third, the ear can be used for human recognition in surveillance videos where the face may be occluded completely or in part. Further, the ear appears to degrade little with age. Even though current ear detection and recognition systems have reached a certain level of maturity, their success is limited to controlled indoor conditions. In addition to variation in illumination, other open research problems include hair occlusion, earprint forensics, ear symmetry, ear classification, and ear individuality.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 10.1145/2431211.2431221
Entities
People
- Arun Ross
- Ayman Abaza
- Christina Hebert
- Mark S. Nixon
- Mary Ann F. Harrison
Organizations
- Division of Information and Intelligent Systems
- Office of Naval Research
- University of Southampton
- West Virginia University