scholarly journals Restoration of Motion Blurred Image by Modified DeblurGAN for Enhancing the Accuracies of Finger-Vein Recognition

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (14) ◽  
pp. 4635
Author(s):  
Jiho Choi ◽  
Jin-Seong Hong ◽  
Muhammad Owais ◽  
Seung-Gu Kim ◽  
Kang-Ryoung Park
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Performance ◽  
Skin Layer ◽  
Motion Blur ◽  
Generative Adversarial Network ◽  
Finger Vein ◽  
Vein Recognition ◽  
Restoration Method ◽  
Optical Blur ◽  
Blurred Images ◽  
Finger Vein Recognition

Among many available biometrics identification methods, finger-vein recognition has an advantage that is difficult to counterfeit, as finger veins are located under the skin, and high user convenience as a non-invasive image capturing device is used for recognition. However, blurring can occur when acquiring finger-vein images, and such blur can be mainly categorized into three types. First, skin scattering blur due to light scattering in the skin layer; second, optical blur occurs due to lens focus mismatching; and third, motion blur exists due to finger movements. Blurred images generated in these kinds of blur can significantly reduce finger-vein recognition performance. Therefore, restoration of blurred finger-vein images is necessary. Most of the previous studies have addressed the restoration method of skin scattering blurred images and some of the studies have addressed the restoration method of optically blurred images. However, there has been no research on restoration methods of motion blurred finger-vein images that can occur in actual environments. To address this problem, this study proposes a new method for improving the finger-vein recognition performance by restoring motion blurred finger-vein images using a modified deblur generative adversarial network (modified DeblurGAN). Based on an experiment conducted using two open databases, the Shandong University homologous multi-modal traits (SDUMLA-HMT) finger-vein database and Hong Kong Polytechnic University finger-image database version 1, the proposed method demonstrates outstanding performance that is better than those obtained using state-of-the-art methods.

scholarly journals Modified Conditional Generative Adversarial Network-Based Optical Blur Restoration for Finger-Vein Recognition

IEEE Access ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 16281-16301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiho Choi ◽  
Kyoung Jun Noh ◽  
Se Woon Cho ◽  
Se Hyun Nam ◽  
Muhammad Owais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Generative Adversarial Network ◽  
Finger Vein ◽  
Adversarial Network ◽  
Vein Recognition ◽  
Optical Blur ◽  
Finger Vein Recognition

Near Infrared Finger Vein Recognition Method Based on Subspace Projection Technology

2014 ◽  
Vol 1030-1032 ◽  
pp. 2382-2385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Lin Fan ◽  
Hui Ma ◽  
Ke Jun Wang ◽  
Yong Liang Shen ◽  
Ying Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Recognition Performance ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Subspace Projection ◽  
Threshold Method ◽  
Finger Vein ◽  
Vein Recognition ◽  
Finger Vein Recognition

Finger vein recognition refers to a recent biometric technique which exploits the vein patterns in the human finger to identify individuals. Finger vein recognition faces a number of challenges. One critical issue is the performance of finger vein recognition system. To overcome this problem, a finger vein recognition algorithm based on one kind of subspace projection technology is presented. Firstly, we use Kapur entropy threshold method to achieve the purpose of intercepting region of finger under contactless mode. Then the finger vein features were extracted by 2DPCA method. Finally, we used of nearest neighbor distance classifier for matching. The results indicate that the algorithm has good recognition performance.

Finger Vein Recognition Based on Stable and Discriminative Superpixels

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (06) ◽  
pp. 1650015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizhen Zhou ◽  
Gongping Yang ◽  
Yilong Yin ◽  
Lu Yang ◽  
Kuikui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Performance ◽  
Fusion Method ◽  
Recognition Method ◽  
Biometric Technology ◽  
Training Images ◽  
Finger Vein ◽  
Vein Recognition ◽  
Matching Score ◽  
Finger Vein Recognition ◽  
Better Than

Finger vein pattern, as a promising hand-based biometric technology, has been well studied in recent years. In this paper, a new superpixel-based finger vein recognition method is presented. In the proposed method, we develop two types of effective superpixels, i.e. stable superpixel and discriminative superpixel to represent finger vein image and these superpixels are expected to play different roles in matching stage. In detail, the stable and discriminative superpixels are firstly learned from the training images for each enrolled class. When verifying a testing image, we just compare the superpixels at the same location as the two types of superpixels in template. Then, the two types of superpixels are combined utilizing a reversible weight-based fusion method in score level. Additionally, to further improve the recognition performance, we explore the superpixel context feature (SPCF). For each superpixel the SPCF is obtained by comparing the current superpixel with its surrounding neighbors. In the final matching stage, we integrate the matching score of two types of superpixels and it of the SPCF using the weighted SUM fusion method. The experimental results on two open finger vein databases, i.e. PolyU and SDUMLA-FV, show that our method not only performs better than the existing superpixel-based method, but also has advantages in comparison with some traditional ones.

scholarly journals Finger-Vein Recognition Using Bidirectional Feature Extraction and Transfer Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Zhiyong Tao ◽  
Xinru Zhou ◽  
Zhixue Xu ◽  
Sen Lin ◽  
Yalei Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Transfer Learning ◽  
Feature Recognition ◽  
Recognition Performance ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Position Information ◽  
Finger Vein ◽  
Security Research ◽  
Vein Recognition ◽  
Finger Vein Recognition

Accuracy and efficiency are essential topics in the current biometric feature recognition and security research. This paper proposes a deep neural network using bidirectional feature extraction and transfer learning to improve finger-vein recognition performance. Above all, we make a new finger-vein database with the opposite position information of the original one and adopt transfer learning to make the network suitable for our overall recognition framework. Next, the feature extractor is constructed by adjusting the unidirectional database’s parameters, capturing vein features from top to bottom and vice versa. Correspondingly, we concatenate the above two features to form the finger-veins’ bidirectional features, which are trained and classified by Support Vector Machines (SVM) to realize recognition. Experiments are conducted on the Malaysian Polytechnic University’s published database (FV-USM) and finger veins of Signal and Information Processing Laboratory (FV-SIPL). The accuracy of our proposed algorithm reaches 99.67% and 99.31%, which is significantly higher than the unidirectional recognition under each database. Compared with the algorithms cited in this paper, our proposed model based on bidirectional feature enjoys higher accuracy, faster recognition speed than the state-of-the-art frameworks, and excellent practical value.

scholarly journals INF-GAN: Generative Adversarial Network for Illumination Normalization of Finger-Vein Images

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (20) ◽  
pp. 2613
Author(s):  
Jin Seong Hong ◽  
Jiho Choi ◽  
Seung Gu Kim ◽  
Muhammad Owais ◽  
Kang Ryoung Park
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Performance ◽  
Illumination Normalization ◽  
Generative Adversarial Network ◽  
Finger Vein ◽  
Adversarial Network ◽  
Texture Information ◽  
Residual Image ◽  
Fusion Methods ◽  
Vein Recognition ◽  
Severe Degree

When images are acquired for finger-vein recognition, images with nonuniformity of illumination are often acquired due to varying thickness of fingers or nonuniformity of illumination intensity elements. Accordingly, the recognition performance is significantly reduced as the features being recognized are deformed. To address this issue, previous studies have used image preprocessing methods, such as grayscale normalization or score-level fusion methods for multiple recognition models, which may improve performance in images with a low degree of nonuniformity of illumination. However, the performance cannot be improved drastically when certain parts of images are saturated due to a severe degree of nonuniformity of illumination. To overcome these drawbacks, this study newly proposes a generative adversarial network for the illumination normalization of finger-vein images (INF-GAN). In the INF-GAN, a one-channel image containing texture information is generated through a residual image generation block, and finger-vein texture information deformed by the severe nonuniformity of illumination is restored, thus improving the recognition performance. The proposed method using the INF-GAN exhibited a better performance compared with state-of-the-art methods when the experiment was conducted using two open databases, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University finger-image database version 1, and the Shandong University homologous multimodal traits finger-vein database.

IRIS AND FINGER VEIN MULTI MODEL RECOGNITION SYSTEM BASED ON SIFT FEATURES

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-44
Author(s):  
Faris E Mohammed ◽  
Dr. Eman M ALdaidamony ◽  
Prof. A. M Raid
Keyword(s):  
Iris Recognition ◽  
Recognition Performance ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Individual Identification ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Identification Process ◽  
Finger Vein ◽  
Noise Point ◽  
Vein Recognition ◽  
A New Technique

Individual identification process is a very significant process that resides a large portion of day by day usages. Identification process is appropriate in work place, private zones, banks …etc. Individuals are rich subject having many characteristics that can be used for recognition purpose such as finger vein, iris, face …etc. Finger vein and iris key-points are considered as one of the most talented biometric authentication techniques for its security and convenience. SIFT is new and talented technique for pattern recognition. However, some shortages exist in many related techniques, such as difficulty of feature loss, feature key extraction, and noise point introduction. In this manuscript a new technique named SIFT-based iris and SIFT-based finger vein identification with normalization and enhancement is proposed for achieving better performance. In evaluation with other SIFT-based iris or SIFT-based finger vein recognition algorithms, the suggested technique can overcome the difficulties of tremendous key-point extraction and exclude the noise points without feature loss. Experimental results demonstrate that the normalization and improvement steps are critical for SIFT-based recognition for iris and finger vein , and the proposed technique can accomplish satisfactory recognition performance. Keywords: SIFT, Iris Recognition, Finger Vein identification and Biometric Systems.   © 2018 JASET, International Scholars and Researchers Association    

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