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BIOMETRICS: FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
By Matthew Willert
PUAD 620
WHAT IS BIOMETRICS?
BIOMETRICS – any automatically measurable, robust and distinctive physical characteristic or personal trait that can be used to identify an individual or verify the claimed identity of an individual.
TWO MAIN USES
1) IDENTFICATION
-figure out “Who is X?”
-accomplished by system performing a “one-to-many” search
2) VERIFICATION
-answer the question “Is this X?”
-accomplished by the system performing a “one-to-one” search