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Biometric Sensor Forensics

Biometric Sensor Forensics

Andreas Uhl (ORCID: 0000-0002-5921-8755)
  • Grant DOI 10.55776/P26630
  • Funding program Principal Investigator Projects
  • Status ended
  • Start March 1, 2014
  • End June 30, 2018
  • Funding amount € 322,466

Disciplines

Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering (10%); Computer Sciences (90%)

Keywords

    Biometric Sensors, Image Forensics, Biometric Systems Security, Sensor Ageing, Fingerprint Recognition, Iris Recognition

Abstract Final report

Image and video forensics have emerged to complement classical cryptographic techniques and active media security techniques, in application cases where these passive technologies can offer advantages to the more established methodologies. This projects aims to apply image forensic techniques in the context of fingerprint and iris biometric systems, by taking care of (1) the specific nature of biometric sensors and (2) the specific nature of biometric sample data. In particular, questions of biometric sensor authentication, biometric sample data integrity verification, and biometric sensor ageing will be covered. We will contribute to biometric system accuracy, reliability, and security with the results of this project.

Biometric Sensor Forensics (FWF project P26630) is a project on using media forensics techniques to enhance biometric systems security. Image and video forensics have emerged to complement classical cryptographic techniques and active media security techniques, in application cases where these passive technologies can offer advantages to the more established methodologies. This projects aims to apply and adapt image forensic techniques ino the context of fingerprint, iris, and vein-based biometric recognition systems, by taking care of (1) the specific nature of biometric sensors and (2) the specific nature of biometric sample data. In particular, questions of biometric sensor authentication (i.e. has the correct sensor acquired a sample data in question), biometric sample authenticity (i.e. has the sample been acquired from a living subject), and biometric sensor ageing have been covered. We have mainly contributed to biometric system accuracy, reliability, and security with the results of this project.

Research institution(s)
  • Universität Salzburg - 100%
International project participants
  • Zhenan Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences - China
  • Thomas Gloe, Technische Universität Dresden - Germany

Research Output

  • 646 Citations
  • 34 Publications
Publications
  • 2021
    Title A Machine Learning Approach to Approximate the Age of a Digital Image
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-69449-4_14
    Type Book Chapter
    Author Jöchl R
    Publisher Springer Nature
    Pages 181-195
  • 2019
    Title PRNU-based finger vein sensor identification: On the effect of different sensor croppings
    DOI 10.1109/icb45273.2019.8987237
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Söllinger D
    Pages 1-8
  • 2019
    Title Constraints on the Dark Matter Interpretation n??+e+e- of the Neutron Decay Anomaly with the PERKEO II Experiment
    DOI 10.1103/physrevlett.122.222503
    Type Journal Article
    Author Klopf M
    Journal Physical Review Letters
    Pages 222503
    Link Publication
  • 2021
    Title Can you really trust the sensor's PRNU? How image content might impact the finger vein sensor identification performance
    DOI 10.1109/icpr48806.2021.9412194
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Söllinger D
    Pages 7782-7789
  • 2018
    Title PRNU Variance Analysis for Morphed Face Image Detection
    DOI 10.1109/btas.2018.8698576
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Debiasi L
    Pages 1-9
  • 2018
    Title Robustness of finger-vein recognition
    DOI 10.1049/pbse008e_ch9
    Type Book Chapter
    Author Kauba C
    Publisher Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
    Pages 193-216
  • 2018
    Title Non-reference image quality assessment and natural scene statistics to counter biometric sensor spoofing
    DOI 10.1049/iet-bmt.2017.0146
    Type Journal Article
    Author Söllinger D
    Journal IET Biometrics
    Pages 314-324
    Link Publication
  • 2018
    Title Iris super-resolution using CNNs: is photo-realism important to iris recognition?
    DOI 10.1049/iet-bmt.2018.5146
    Type Journal Article
    Author Ribeiro E
    Journal IET Biometrics
    Pages 69-78
    Link Publication
  • 2018
    Title The CRONOS Code for Astrophysical Magnetohydrodynamics
    DOI 10.3847/1538-4365/aabe75
    Type Journal Article
    Author Kissmann R
    Journal The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
    Pages 53
    Link Publication
  • 2018
    Title PRNU-based Detection of Morphed Face Images
    DOI 10.1109/iwbf.2018.8401555
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Debiasi L
    Pages 1-7
  • 2014
    Title Effects of Severe Image Compression on Iris Segmentation Performance
    DOI 10.1109/btas.2014.6996281
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Rathgeb C
    Pages 1-6
  • 2016
    Title Quality-based iris segmentation-level fusion
    DOI 10.1186/s13635-016-0048-x
    Type Journal Article
    Author Wild P
    Journal EURASIP Journal on Information Security
    Pages 25
    Link Publication
  • 2016
    Title Design Decisions for an Iris Recognition SDK
    DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-6784-6_16
    Type Book Chapter
    Author Rathgeb C
    Publisher Springer Nature
    Pages 359-396
  • 2016
    Title Fingerprint Recognition Under the Influence of Image Sensor Ageing
    DOI 10.1109/iwbf.2016.7449683
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Kauba C
    Pages 1-6
  • 2016
    Title Advanced Variants of Feature Level Fusion for Finger Vein Recognition
    DOI 10.1109/biosig.2016.7736908
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Kauba C
    Pages 1-7
  • 2016
    Title Comparison of PRNU Enhancement Techniques to Generate PRNU Fingerprints for Biometric Source Sensor Attribution
    DOI 10.1109/iwbf.2016.7449674
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Debiasi L
    Pages 1-6
  • 2016
    Title Isolating Iris Template Ageing in a Semi-controlled Environment
    DOI 10.1109/biosig.2016.7736929
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Hofbauer H
    Pages 1-5
    Link Publication
  • 2016
    Title Empirical Evaluation of LBP-Extension Features for Finger Vein Spoofing Detection
    DOI 10.1109/biosig.2016.7736921
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Kocher D
    Pages 1-5
  • 2016
    Title PRNU - Based Image Alignment for Defective Pixel Detection
    DOI 10.1109/btas.2016.7791195
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Kauba C
    Pages 1-7
  • 2018
    Title Shedding Light on the Veins - Reflected Light or Transillumination in Hand-Vein Recognition
    DOI 10.1109/icb2018.2018.00050
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Kauba C
    Pages 283-290
  • 2019
    Title Blind Source Camera Clustering of Criminal Case Data
    DOI 10.1109/iwbf.2019.8739171
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Debiasi L
    Pages 1-6
  • 2019
    Title PRNU-based Detection of Finger Vein Presentation Attacks
    DOI 10.1109/iwbf.2019.8739203
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Maser B
    Pages 1-6
  • 2019
    Title On the Detection of GAN-Based Face Morphs Using Established Morph Detectors
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-30645-8_32
    Type Book Chapter
    Author Debiasi L
    Publisher Springer Nature
    Pages 345-356
  • 2019
    Title Detection of Face Morphing Attacks Based on PRNU Analysis
    DOI 10.1109/tbiom.2019.2942395
    Type Journal Article
    Author Scherhag U
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science
    Pages 302-317
    Link Publication
  • 2020
    Title PRNU-based detection of facial retouching
    DOI 10.1049/iet-bmt.2019.0196
    Type Journal Article
    Author Rathgeb C
    Journal IET Biometrics
    Pages 154-164
    Link Publication
  • 2017
    Title Methods for accuracy-preserving acceleration of large-scale comparisons in CPU-based iris recognition systems
    DOI 10.1049/iet-bmt.2016.0125
    Type Journal Article
    Author Rathgeb C
    Journal IET Biometrics
    Pages 356-364
  • 2017
    Title Fingerprint recognition under the influence of image sensor ageing
    DOI 10.1049/iet-bmt.2016.0106
    Type Journal Article
    Author Kauba C
    Journal IET Biometrics
    Pages 245-255
    Link Publication
  • 2017
    Title PRNU enhancement effects on biometric source sensor attribution
    DOI 10.1049/iet-bmt.2016.0117
    Type Journal Article
    Author Debiasi L
    Journal IET Biometrics
    Pages 256-265
    Link Publication
  • 2015
    Title Blind Biometric Source Sensor Recognition Using Advanced PRNU Fingerprints
    DOI 10.1109/eusipco.2015.7362489
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Debiasi L
    Pages 779-783
  • 2015
    Title Robustness Evaluation of Hand Vein Recognition Systems
    DOI 10.1109/biosig.2015.7314619
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Kauba C
    Pages 1-5
  • 2015
    Title Segmentation-level Fusion for Iris Recognition
    DOI 10.1109/biosig.2015.7314620
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Wild P
    Pages 1-6
    Link Publication
  • 2015
    Title Investigation of Better Portable Graphics Compression for Iris Biometric Recognition
    DOI 10.1109/biosig.2015.7314609
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Hofbauer H
    Pages 1-4
  • 2015
    Title Recompression Effects in Iris Segmentation**This work has been partially supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, project no. P26630.
    DOI 10.1109/icb.2015.7139040
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Bergmueller T
    Pages 1-8
  • 2015
    Title Sensor Ageing Impact on Finger-Vein Recognition
    DOI 10.1109/icb.2015.7139084
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Kauba C
    Pages 113-120

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