Exploring the Usefulness of Light Field Cameras for Biometrics: An Empirical Study on Face and Iris Recognition

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 922-936

  Raghavendra, R ^a   Raja, Kiran Bylappa ^a   Busch, Christoph ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Face recognition; Iris recognition; Light field camera; Visible Iris

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; FACE RECOGNITION; INFORMATION USE; RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS);

BIOMETRIC APPLICATIONS; BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; IRIS RECOGNITION; LARGE-SCALE DATABASE; LIGHT FIELDS; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION; VISIBLE IRIS;

BIOMETRICS;

EID: 84963974397     PISSN: 15566013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIFS.2015.2512559     Document Type: Article

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