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Generating registration-free cancelable fingerprint templates

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • IBM

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Abstract

Cancelable biometrics bridges the gap between the convenience of biometric authentication and security offered by cryptographic systems. There have been several prior attempts to construct cancelable templates out of fingerprint biometrics. However, existing approaches require pre-alignment of fingerprint images and therefore, are not robust to image registration errors. In this paper, we propose a provably secure, registration- free construction of cancelable fingerprint templates. Firstly, we present a new fingerprint representation based on localized, self-aligned texture features. Secondly, we demonstrate how to construct cancelable templates from them and also show how to harden the security of the proposed construction further. And finally, we present arguments for it resilience against various modes of adversarial attack.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBTAS 2008 - IEEE 2nd International Conference on Biometrics
Subtitle of host publicationTheory, Applications and Systems
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventBTAS 2008 - IEEE 2nd International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems - Arlington, VA, United States
Duration: Sep 29 2008Oct 1 2008

Publication series

NameBTAS 2008 - IEEE 2nd International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems

Conference

ConferenceBTAS 2008 - IEEE 2nd International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityArlington, VA
Period09/29/0810/1/08

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