3D Face Authentication for Biometric Access Control
Funded by NSF grant IIS: #0312849.
3D digital face scanning is now being investigated for biometric analysis and authentication at PRISM. Supported by a 3 year grant from the National Science Foundation, the new project focuses on the development of intelligent and fast algorithms for representation, extraction, segmentation, query and matching of 3D facial shapes for authentication. Unlike current biometric access and analysis technologies, the project is taking advantage of the 3rd dimension to greatly increase accuracy and reliability of the data, allowing for more complex algorithms and analysis to be put to work. Researchers are looking at face geometry and curvature to analyze facial features that are invariant to expressions and other changes such as facial hair.
A main component of the project involves capturing, creating, and archiving of faces in 3D with a goal to scan over 1,500 faces. To develop this database, PRISM has been taking the technology out to the community, providing volunteers who participate in the project with a unique 3D image of themselves made available on the PRISM website. The following video explains the overall process of authentication. Face Authentication Demo (Video is approx 33 MB in size). If you are not able to play the video, click here to donwload the video codec. This project is funded by National Science Foundation NSF grant IIS: #0312849
Dr. Anshuman Razdan (left) standing next to the Scanner with a candidate for face scan.
View the NSF Grant Proposal (in PDF format):
3DFaceAuthentication.pdf
Research Team Members:
Anshuman Razdan, Principal Investigator
Gerald Farin, Co-Principal Investigator
Charles Lockwood, Co-Principal Investigator
Liyan Zhang, Visiting Professor
Myuongsoo Bae, Ph.D. Student
Mahesh Chaudhari, Ph.D. Student
Project Contact:
Anshuman Razdan at razdan@asu.edu or 480-727-1672
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