Biometric Security: A Novel Ear Recognition Approach Using a 3D Morphable Ear Model
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- A novel recognition algorithm named YMO is developed to match the probe and gallery, reducing computational time.
- The performance of different distance metrics for ear recognition is demonstrated.
- A comparative study shows the comparable performance of our 3D ear recognition method.
2. Literature Review
2.1. Local Feature
2.2. Global Feature
3. Proposed Method
3.1. Dataset Preparation
3.2. Ear Detection
3.3. Morphable Model Generation
3.4. You Morph Once Algorithm
Algorithm 1 YMO Algorithm |
Require:, , |
Ensure: is upward facing |
while do |
end while |
Calculate the distance between and |
Find the min() |
if min() < then |
Match found in the gallery. |
else |
Not matched! |
end if |
3.5. Gallery Enrollment
3.6. Evaluation Metrics
3.6.1. Distance Metrics
3.6.2. Identification Metrics
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Distance Metrics | Correct/Wrong | Rank-1 Accuracy (%) |
---|---|---|
CH | 273/131 | 67.57 |
MN | 347/57 | 85.89 |
SE | 347/57 | 85.89 |
E | 347/57 | 85.89 |
CR | 351/53 | 86.88 |
MH | 351/53 | 86.88 |
CS | 352/52 | 87.13 |
CT | 381/23 | 94.31 |
SP | 398/6 | 98.51 |
Authors | Recognition Approach | Identification Rate (%) |
---|---|---|
Islam et al. [22] | L3DF and ICP | 93.50 |
Prakash et al. [23] | SURF and GPA(ICP) | 98.30 |
Yan et al. [44] | ICP | 97.80 |
Sun et al. [25] | Key-point matching | 95.1 |
Chen et al. [15] | LSP and ICP | 96.36 |
This work | 3DMEM and YMO | 98.51 |
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Mursalin, M.; Ahmed, M.; Haskell-Dowland, P. Biometric Security: A Novel Ear Recognition Approach Using a 3D Morphable Ear Model. Sensors 2022, 22, 8988. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/s22228988
Mursalin M, Ahmed M, Haskell-Dowland P. Biometric Security: A Novel Ear Recognition Approach Using a 3D Morphable Ear Model. Sensors. 2022; 22(22):8988. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/s22228988
Chicago/Turabian StyleMursalin, Md, Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Paul Haskell-Dowland. 2022. "Biometric Security: A Novel Ear Recognition Approach Using a 3D Morphable Ear Model" Sensors 22, no. 22: 8988. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/s22228988