Biometrics: Concepts and Applications

This book intends to strengthen the fundamentals of biometrics and then build an interface of theoretical concepts with real life applications. It is meant to cater to the needs of undergraduate and post graduate students of engineering in computer science, electronics and telecommunication and information technology. It provides a historical background of biometrics followed by comprehensive discussion on processes, advantages and limitations of various unimodal biometric traits such as face, irises, retina, veins, fingerprints, hand gestures, etc. ..