Novel categorisation techniques for liveness detection

Abstract

Liveness detection is a rapidly expanding research area, an area that has become more relevant, due to the increased complexity and sophistication of spoofing attacks. Despite much research within liveness detection, a lack exists regarding the categorisation of liveness detection techniques. Therefore the development of a taxonomy that identifies the characteristics of liveness detection, and creates a standardized universal measure will provide a useful and applicable approach to liveness detection. This research will focus on developing the measures needed for liveness detection characteristics. To do this, specific emphasis is given to biometric security classifications, as liveness detection is a sub-system of biometric security, and it can inherit a features that are relevant. The development of these novel liveness detection categorisation techniques is of vital importance to understand the effectiveness of liveness detection.