MEANING

Biometrics literally means life measurement and is associated with utilization of distinctive physiological characteristics for identifying individuals. Though most important application related with biometrics is that of security, it is used as the computer interface too. A range of Biometric applications are being used for authenticating persons identity. With the use of various features including fingerprints, face, signature, and iris, a person is identified

Biometric characteristics can be divided in two main classes:

Physiological are related to the shape of the body. Examples include, but are not limited to fingerprint, face recognition, DNA, Palm print, hand geometry, iris recognition, which has largely replaced retina, and odour/scent.
BEHAVIORAL ARE RELATED TO THE BEHAVIOR OF A PERSON. EXAMPLES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TYPING RHYTHM, GAIT, AND VOICE. SOME RESEARCHERS HAVE COINED THE TERM BEHAVIOMETRICS FOR THIS CLASS OF BIOMETRICS.

TYPES OF BIOMETRICS
COMMON TYPES 1.Fingerprint 2.Face 3.Iris 4.Voice 5.Signature 6.Hand Geometry OTHER TYPES 1.Gait 2.Vascular 3.Retina 4.Facial Thermography

WORKING
When someone uses biometrics for the first time, its called enrollment. In this stage, information is stored by the individual. In succeeding uses, information in biometric system is compared and detected with one stored in the enrollment. One should make sure that storage as well as retrieval of the information is done in a secure manner.

ENROLLMENT PROCESS

Diagramatic working of Biometric

Advantages Of Biometrics
* Increase security - Provide a convenient and low-cost additional tier of security.

* Reduce fraud by employing hard-to-forge technologies and materials. For e.g.Minimise the opportunity for ID fraud, buddy punching.
* Eliminate problems caused by lost IDs or forgotten passwords by using physiological attributes. For e.g. Prevent unauthorised use of lost, stolen or "borrowed" ID cards. * Reduce password administration costs. * Replace hard-to-remember passwords which may be shared or observed. * Integrate a wide range of biometric solutions and technologies, customer applications and databases into a robust and scalable control solution for facility and network access * Make it possible, automatically, to know WHO did WHAT, WHERE and WHEN! * Offer significant cost savings or increasing ROI in areas such as Loss Prevention or Time & Attendance. * Unequivocally link an individual to a transaction or event

Future Of Biometrics
Future of this smart technology holds promise for the law enforcement purposes and for private industries too. Surveillance system can easily identify the suspects against features stored in database of security system. Biometrics are perceived as future of security industry and getting popular as accurate verification technology available in the market.
Future Biometrics will include ecommerce features for added security on checkout page and will also safeguard against unauthorized cell phones and car access. This technology will develop useful 3D facial recognition infrared access control, visitor management and face recognition surveillance. Already identification software, 3D face scanning, A4 Vision uses special algorithms for interpreting conventional 2D camera images and transfers it to 3D registered face representation. All this makes it impossible to mislead biometric systems with images and pictures. With new inventions in the field, future of biometrics is bright.

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