Effects of mascara on iris recognition

James S. Doyle; Patrick J. Flynn; Kevin W. Bowyer

doi:10.1117/12.2017877

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31 May 2013 Effects of mascara on iris recognition

James S. Doyle, Patrick J. Flynn, Kevin W. Bowyer

Proceedings Volume 8712, Biometric and Surveillance Technology for Human and Activity Identification X; 87120L (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2017877
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Iris biometrics systems rely on analysis of a visual presentation of the human iris, which must be extracted from the periocular region. Topical cosmetics can greatly alter the appearance of the periocular region, and can occlude portions of the iris texture. In this paper, the presence of topical cosmetics is shown to negatively impact the authentic distribution of iris match scores, causing an increase in the false non-match rate at a fixed false match rate.

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James S. Doyle, Patrick J. Flynn, and Kevin W. Bowyer "Effects of mascara on iris recognition", Proc. SPIE 8712, Biometric and Surveillance Technology for Human and Activity Identification X, 87120L (31 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2017877

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