Scientists can now say that the iris can reveal a person’s true identity. A new report by computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reveals that iris recognition algorithms can maintain their accuracy with compact images, confirming their potential for large-scale identity management applications, such as the federal Personal Identity Verification program, cyber security and counterterrorism.
This marketplace rests on the ability of detected algorithms to process standard images from the many cameras now available. NIST scientists are working with the international biometrics community to modify iris recognition standards and to advance iris images as the global transaction in this rapidly developing field.
NIST established the Iris Exchange IREX program as a NIST-industry cooperation to encourage development of iris detected algorithms operating on images respectful to the new ISO-IEC 19794-6 standard. The first IREX project, IREX I, provided great support to the standard by performing the largest independently administered test of iris recognition technology to date. The test attracted 19 recognition technologies from 10 different providers. The image format test showed that two of the three formats performed well. These center and crop the iris, or center, crop, and mask eyelids and eyelashes.
Temporarily, plans for IREX II are under way to regulate and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of iris image quality evaluation algorithms. This study will support a new international iris image quality standard by identifying specific iris image properties that are influential on recognition accuracy.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091104101628.htm
5 comments:
1. a. You chose an interesting topic
b. The summary included all of the major details of the article
c. It is a newer idea of identification, rather than articles about how old techniques were used for identification
2. a. What is unique about the iris that makes this possible?
b. How soon would we expect to find this technology being used?
3. I was impressed by the fact that this breakthrough was going on and it seems that it has gone fairley unannounced.
Three Things I Liked:
- The article selection was really interesting
- The review covered all the basics and also went into some depth about what was discussed
- The review allowed me to understand the topic without being unnecessarily long
Two Things to Improve/Questions:
- Some things, like the "ISO-IEC 19794-6 standard" are not really explained
- When did this technology first start being developed?
One Thing I Found Interesting:
- It's cool that people are developing new ways to quickly identify someone by something so small, like the iris of someone's eye.
What I found interesting about this article was that it presented another form of personal identification. What was well presented I thought, was how such a complicated identification method could actually be so simple. By analyzing the iris of the eye, one can determine who a person is. This method was described as being more accurate than fingerprint identification and as a completely foolproof method, making criminal identification much easier and less likely to contain errors. What I also found interesting was that just like there is a fingerprint database, an iris database is beginning to form, a unique but effective identification system.
I felt that what could have been explained better is how exactly the system works. I would be curious to know how one distinguishes between different iris’s and how it is more effective than analyzing fingerprints. I would also like to know if the effects of scanning iris’s could be harmful to people. Also, when a person is born, their footprints/fingerprints are taken, when one is born, due to this new system, would iris scans be taken as well.
What impressed me about this article was how advanced technology has become. Years ago, the best method of identification was thought to be measuring body parts using the Bertillion method. Years later, we are scanning eyes to compare iris’s. It is amazing how far technology has come. I believe this technology will revolutionize forensic analysis in identifying perpetrators. A final question is, can the iris’s of a deceased person be identified too. Wouldn’t it be amazing if one scanned the iris and was able to determine the time of death.
1. the topic was very interesting
b. the summary was very complete in the way that it described the article
c. It is a newer idea of identification, rather than articles about how old techniques were used for identification
2.how is the iris able to do this?
b. is this technology going to be available soon?
3.I was impressed by the fact that this breakthrough was going on and it seems that it has gone fairley unannounced.
1)The summary included all of the major details of the article
2)The article selection was really interesting
3) It is a more recent idea of identification, rather than articles about how old techniques were used for identification
1) How soon would we expect to find this technology being used?
2) What is it about the iris that makes this possible?
1) I was very interesting by the fact that something so small can hold so much value.
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