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Avances en el reconocimiento del iris: perspectivas y oportunidades en la investigación de algoritmos biométricos

 

Advances in Iris Recognition: Perspectives and Opportunities of Research in Biometric Algorithms

 

Mireya Sarai García-Vázquez¹ y Alejandro Álvaro Ramírez-Acosta²

 

¹ Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Tecnología Digital (CITEDI-IPN), Avenida del Parque No.1310, Tijuana, B.C. 22510 México mgarciav@citedi.mx

² MIRAL. R & D, 1047 Palm Garden, Imperial Beach, 91932 USA, ramacos10@hotmail.com

 

Artículo recibido el 23/07/2012;
aceptado el 29/08/2012.

 

Resumen

Los últimos seis años han sido testigos de importantes avances en la aplicación de sistemas biométricos usando el iris en los sistemas de seguridad civiles y militares. Lo fundamental de este progreso ha sido el desarrollo de nuevos algoritmos biométricos, capaces de producir una autentificación muy confiable de individuos sin tener interacción con éste. La mayoría de estos algoritmos biométricos incorporan el video-iris para representar mejor las propiedades espaciales y frecuenciales de la textura del iris, optimizando el desempeño de reconocimiento del iris. El objetivo de este artículo es proporcionar una visión general de las metodologías de reconocimiento del iris, haciendo énfasis en los algoritmos que forman parte de las recientes aplicaciones de reconocimiento del iris a distancia y en ambientes no controlados. Aunque el énfasis esta en las nuevas tendencias, también se cubren las metodologías tradicionales de reconocimiento del iris. Finalmente se presenta una discusión de las oportunidades para la investigación futura.

Palabras clave: Reconocimiento del iris, biometría, video-iris, algoritmos de reconocimiento, reconocimiento a distancia, ambientes no controlados.

 

Abstract

The last six years witnessed important advances ¡n applying iris based biometric systems for military and civil security purposes. The fundamental aspect of this progress ¡s the development of biometric algorithms able to produce high confidence personal identification without human interaction. The majority of such biometric algorithms use iris video as a better representaron of special properties and features of the iris texture thus optimizing its recognition process. The goal of this paper ¡s to present a general overview of iris recognition methods with particular emphasis on the algorithms used ¡n recent applications for distant iris recognition as well as iris recognition ¡n uncontrolled environments. Though special attention ¡s given to the latest tendencies, traditional iris recognition methods are also described. Finally, some future research opportunities are discussed.

Keywords. Iris recognition, biometrics, iris video, recognition algorithms, distant recognition, uncontrolled environments.

 

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Agradecimiento

Esta investigación fue auspiciada por el proyecto SIP2012 del IPN.

 

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