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28 March 2005 Extended depth-of-field iris recognition system for a workstation environment
Ramkumar Narayanswamy, Paulo E. X. Silveira, Harsha Setty, V. Paul Pauca, Joseph van der Gracht
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Abstract
Iris recognition imaging is attracting considerable interest as a viable alternative for personal identification and verification in many defense and security applications. However current iris recognition systems suffer from limited depth of field, which makes usage of these systems more difficult by an untrained user. Traditionally, the depth of field is increased by reducing the imaging system aperture, which adversely impacts the light capturing power and thus the system signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In this paper we discuss a computational imaging system, referred to as Wavefront Coded(R) imaging, for increasing the depth of field without sacrificing the SNR or the resolution of the imaging system. This system employs a especially designed Wavefront Coded lens customized for iris recognition. We present experimental results that show the benefits of this technology for biometric identification.
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Ramkumar Narayanswamy, Paulo E. X. Silveira, Harsha Setty, V. Paul Pauca, and Joseph van der Gracht "Extended depth-of-field iris recognition system for a workstation environment", Proc. SPIE 5779, Biometric Technology for Human Identification II, (28 March 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603612
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Cited by 29 scholarly publications and 2 patents.
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KEYWORDS
Imaging systems

Iris recognition

Wavefronts

Spatial frequencies

Modulation transfer functions

Signal to noise ratio

Sensors

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