Title :
Feasibility of generating biometric encryption keys
Author :
Hoque, S. ; Fairhurst, M. ; Howells, G. ; Deravi, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Univ. of Kent, Canterbury, UK
fDate :
3/17/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A scheme to generate encryption keys from biometric samples is introduced. The idea is based on partitioning feature space into subspaces and partitioning these into cells. Each cell subspace contributes to the overall key generated. Experimental analysis shows encouraging prospects.
Keywords :
biometrics (access control); cryptography; feature extraction; telecommunication security; biometric encryption key generation; cell subspace; extracted features; feature space partitioning; security;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20057524
