Object Segmentation Using Colour for Security Applications on Mobile Devices

This paper presents research-in-progress on a colour based method of object segmentation for use in biometric security methods on mobile devices. The limited processing capability of mobile devices has restricted the computational complexity of security algorithms that can be used. The purpose of our system is to use a colour based method to reduce the amount of information that must be processed by biometric algorithms. This is accomplished by creating a mug shot of a target individual from an image with an unknown background and unknown target/camera positions. Specific security algorithms can then be applied to the generated mug shot. An overall reduction in data processing will allow more efficient biometric security measures to be implemented.