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A feasibility study of gender recognition with a near–infrared ray scanning spectrophotometer
Author(s) -
Nishino Satoshi,
Ohshima Kenji
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
electronics and communications in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.131
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1942-9541
pISSN - 1942-9533
DOI - 10.1002/ecj.10252
Subject(s) - biometrics , authentication (law) , artificial intelligence , computer science , pattern recognition (psychology) , absorbance , computer vision , engineering , computer security , optics , physics
Male and female recognition is necessary to strengthen security and when various statistics on visitors are taken in commercial facilities and so on. The conventional method of male and female recognition currently makes use of the person's appearance, the dress, and in some cases, manner of walking, foot pressure, and hair type. But these characteristics can be intentionally changed by human intervention or design. The proposed method obtains differences in male and female characteristics from the absorbance characteristics of the fat distribution in a person's cheek, using a near‐infrared ray scanning spectrophotometer. This is a method of male and female recognition based on a new concept. Consequently, it can be used to distinguish males and females even in disguise, because it involves biometric authentication. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electron Comm Jpn, 94(9): 59–68, 2011; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/ecj.10252