Electronics Spectra - SMS Lucknow
Electronics Spectra - SMS Lucknow
Electronics Spectra - SMS Lucknow
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<strong>SMS</strong> Institute of Technology, L ucknow<br />
Biometrics<br />
HUMAN body is a precious and<br />
unique gift to all of us. Have you<br />
ever imagine that our human bo dy<br />
can be used as a security lock or to<br />
identify someone. But now, at this<br />
time, this dream has turned in to a<br />
vast era of technology. This real part<br />
of life is known as Biometrics .Biometrics<br />
is all about using this unique feature<br />
of human body for security purpose<br />
or for other applications. for Biometrics<br />
refers to use of unique physiological<br />
characteristics to identify an<br />
individual. While it is mainly concerned<br />
with security, it also has some another<br />
useful applications.<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
Biometrics is defined as the science<br />
and technology of measuring and analyzing<br />
biological data. In information<br />
technology, biometrics refers to technologies<br />
that measure and analyze human<br />
body characteristics such as DNA,<br />
fingerprints, eye retinas and irises,<br />
voice patterns, facial pattern s and<br />
hand measurements, for authentication<br />
purposes. A number of biometric<br />
traits have been developed and are<br />
used to authenticate the perso n's<br />
identity. The idea is to use the special<br />
characteristics of a person to identify<br />
him. By using special characteristics we<br />
mean the using the features such as<br />
face, iris, fingerprint, signature etc.<br />
WHY BIOMETRICS?<br />
The biometrics techniques are<br />
preferred over traditional pas swords<br />
and PIN based methods for vari ous<br />
reasons such as: The person t o be<br />
identified is required to be physically<br />
Department of <strong>Electronics</strong> & Co mmunication<br />
Preeti Singh<br />
EC - II year<br />
present at the time-of-identif ication.<br />
Identification based on biometric techniques<br />
obviates the need to remember<br />
a password or carry a toke n. A<br />
biometric system is essentially a pattern<br />
recognition system which makes<br />
a personal identification by determining<br />
the authenticity of a specific physiological<br />
or behavioral charact eristic<br />
possessed by the user.<br />
TYPES OF BIOMETRICS<br />
SYSTEM<br />
Based on the application, Biometrics<br />
system can be broadly classified<br />
into two categories that are:<br />
IDENTIFICATION<br />
SYSTEM<br />
Category of applications in which<br />
Biometrics can be used to determine<br />
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