Mobile Biometry
Today, portable personal devices such as PDAs or mobile phones are widely used. They provide the mobile worker or the customer with portable computing and wireless access to telecom networks and to the Internet. Then, it is possible to access anywhere anytime any service (PIN code replacement, phone card reloading, remote purchase, telephone banking, voice-mail ...).
Most of these services involve micro payments that can currently be done only using PIN codes or passwords. In order to provide a natural access to those services, there is a need for person authentication systems that could make use of existing and standard sensors such as built-in microphones and video cameras. The goal of this project is thus to study, develop and evaluate bi-modal (both face and speech) biometric authentication (BMBA) technologies in the context of portable and networked devices such as mobile phones or PDAs.
Partners
Idiap Research Institute (CH), University of Manchester (UK), University of Surrey (UK), Laboratoire d'Informatique d'Avignon (FR), Brno University of Technology (CZ), University of Oulu (FN), EyePmedia (CH), IdeArk (CH), Visidon (FN)
