Robust Biometric Image Watermarking for Fingerprint and Face Template Protection

• NCJ Number: 305858
• Journal: IEICE Electronics Express Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Dated: 2006 Pages: 23-28
• Author(s): Mayank Vatsa; Richa Singh; Afzel Noore; Max M. Houck; Keith Morris
• Date Published: 2006
• Length: 6 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2003-RC-CX-K001
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This paper presents a combined DWT and LSB based biometric watermarking algorithm that securely embeds a face template in a fingerprint image.

Abstract

The proposed algorithm is robust to geometric and frequency attacks and protects the integrity of both the face template and the fingerprint image. Experimental results performed on a database of 750 face and 750 fingerprint images show that the algorithm has the advantages of both the existing DWT and LSB based algorithms. A multimodal biometric algorithm is used as a metric to evaluate the combined performance of both face and fingerprint recognition. (Publisher abstract provided)