Fake Biometric Detection Based on Photoplethysmography Extracted from Short Hand Videos

An array of authentication methods has emerged, underscoring the importance of addressing spoofing challenges arising from forgery and alteration. Previous studies utilizing palm biometrics have attempted to circumvent spoofing through geometric methods or the analysis of vein images. However, these...

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Main Authors: Byeongseon An, Hyeji Lim, Eui Chul Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Electronics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/17/3605
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Summary:An array of authentication methods has emerged, underscoring the importance of addressing spoofing challenges arising from forgery and alteration. Previous studies utilizing palm biometrics have attempted to circumvent spoofing through geometric methods or the analysis of vein images. However, these approaches are inadequate when faced with hand-printed photographs or in the absence of near-infrared sensors. In this study, we propose using remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) signals to tackle spoofing concerns in palm images captured in RGB environments. rPPG signals were extracted using video durations of 3, 5, and 7 s, and 30 features within the heart rate band were identified through frequency conversion. A support vector machine (SVM) model was trained with the processed features, yielding accuracies of 97.16%, 98.4%, and 97.28% for video durations of 3, 5, and 7 s, respectively. These features underwent dimensionality reduction through a principal component analysis (PCA), and the results were compared with the initial 30 features. Additionally, we evaluated the confusion matrix with zero false-positives for each video duration, finding that the overall accuracy experienced a decline of 1 to 3%. The 5 s video retained the highest accuracy with the smallest decrement, registering a value of 97.2%.
ISSN:2079-9292