Design and implementation of a multispectral iris capture system

Author

Ngo, Hau T. ; Ives, Robert W. ; Matey, James R. ; Dormo, Jeff ; Rhoads, Michael ; Choi, Debbie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., United States Naval Acad., Annapolis, MD, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

1-4 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

380

Lastpage

384

Abstract

Most commercial iris recognition systems use infrared or near-infrared cameras to capture the iris images because they show rich and complex textures that can be used to identify a person. This paper presents the design and implementation of a multispectral iris acquisition system that can efficiently capture and store iris images exposed under different wavelengths of illumination. The goal is enable the study of wavelength effects on iris recognition performance. A set of multispectral illuminators is designed to sequentially activate for short periods of time to expose the iris to spectral bands in the 405 nm - 1550 nm range. A specialized camera is used to capture iris images for each wavelength. A software program was developed to control the illuminators, camera, and the image acquisition process.

Keywords

iris recognition; image acquisition process; infrared cameras; iris recognition systems; multispectral iris acquisition system; multispectral iris capture system; near-infrared cameras; wavelength 405 nm to 1550 nm; Band pass filters; Biometrics; Cameras; Color; Face recognition; Fingerprint recognition; Infrared imaging; Iris recognition; Light emitting diodes; Lighting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems and Computers, 2009 Conference Record of the Forty-Third Asilomar Conference on

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA

ISSN

1058-6393

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5825-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSSC.2009.5470196

Filename

5470196