EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 265767, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/265767
Research Article

Unobtrusive Multimodal Biometric Authentication: The HUMABIO Project Concept

Ioannis G. Damousis,1 Dimitrios Tzovaras,1 and Evangelos Bekiaris2

 1Informatics and Telematics Institute of the Center for Research and Technology Hellas, Thermi-Thessaloniki 57001, Greece
2Hellenic Institute of Transport of the Center for Research and Technology Hellas, Thermi-Thessaloniki 57001, Greece
Received 10 May 2007; Revised 27 August 2007; Accepted 25 November 2007

Recommended by Konstantinos N. Plataniotis

Abstract

Human Monitoring and Authentication using Biodynamic Indicators and Behavioural Analysis (HUMABIO) (2007) is an EU Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP) where new types of biometrics are combined with state of the art sensorial technologies in order to enhance security in a wide spectrum of applications. The project aims to develop a modular, robust, multimodal biometrics security authentication and monitoring system which utilizes a biodynamic physiological profile, unique for each individual, and advancements of the state-of-the art in behavioural and other biometrics, such as face, speech, gait recognition, and seat-based anthropometrics. Several shortcomings in biometric authentication will be addressed in the course of HUMABIO which will provide the basis for improving existing sensors, develop new algorithms, and design applications, towards creating new, unobtrusive biometric authentication procedures in security sensitive, controlled environments. This paper presents the concept of this project, describes its unobtrusive authentication demonstrator, and reports some preliminary results.