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Iris recognition

Iris recognition is an automated method of biometric identification that uses mathematical pattern-recognition techniques on video images of one or both of the irises of an individual's eyes, whose complex patterns are unique, stable, and can be seen from some distance. The discriminating powers of all biometric technologies depend on the amount of…

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has application · 84
Iris recognition → Aadhaar, Afghan, After, All, America, At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, ATM, ATM's, ATMs, Authority's Restricted Area Identity, Bank United, BI2 Technologies, BIMS, BioID Technologies SA, By, By October, Cairo Amman Bank, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Air Transport Security
related to history · 44
Iris recognition → Adler, Adler's, Although John Daugman, American, Aran Safir, Babylonia, Bertillon, BI2, British, Chaldea, Daugman, Daugman's, Divination, Doggart, Doggart's, Egypt, Enschede, Flom, French, Frenchman
related to Iris recognition in television and movies · 37
Iris recognition → Admiral Kirk, Alfred Sloan Award, Angels, Bruce Willis, CalSci, CERN, CIA, Culminating, Demolition Man, Demons, DNA, Ewan McGregor, Genesis Device, Hollywood, In, In The Island, India, Indian, Iris, Kahn
related to Security considerations · 9
Iris recognition → As, Beyond, Fourth Amendment, However, Many, Proof, Sybil, The, This
related to Shortcomings · 8
Iris recognition → Distance, However, Iris, Many, Move, Princeton Identity's, Standoff Iris, The
see also · 4
Iris recognition → AadhaarBiometric, Challenge EvaluationSamsung Galaxy S8, Recognition Immigration SystemEye, Vein
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Iris recognition → automated method of biometric identification that uses mathematical pattern-recognition techniques on video images of one or both of the irises of an individual's eyes

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Iris recognitionis aautomated method of biometric identification that uses mathematical pattern-recognition techniques on video images of one or both of the irises of an individual's eyes0.90text
passport-free automated border-crossingsinstance ofand convenience purposes0.80text
zero-knowledge proofsinstance ofModern proof of personhood technologies attempt to address these privacy shortcomings by employing cryptographic techniques0.80text
which allow a person to prove they are a unique human without revealing their biometric data or legal identity to the service providerinstance ofModern proof of personhood technologies attempt to address these privacy shortcomings by employing cryptographic techniques0.80text
Knox security frameworkinstance ofand to authenticate the users for different features0.80text
and to restore the Samsung account password.1 May 2017instance ofand to authenticate the users for different features0.80text
the first iris-enabled humanitarian blockchain system in the world was deployed in Azraq Refugee camp in Jordan by IrisGuardinstance ofand to authenticate the users for different features0.80text
Iris recognitionhas applicationUnited Arab Emirates IrisGuard's0.60section
Iris recognitionhas applicationHomeland Security Border Control0.60section
Iris recognitionhas applicationUnited Arab Emirates0.60section
Iris recognitionhas applicationUAE0.60section
Iris recognitionhas applicationToday0.60section

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