Design & evaluation of the human-biometric sensor interaction method

This research examines how humans interact with biometric devices to provide the biometrics community with a comparative evaluation method that uses ergonomics, usability, and image quality criteria as explanatory variables of performance, which is based on the design of the sensor. Specifically, this research in the Human-Biometric Sensor Interaction has four primary objectives. First, analyze literature in the fields of: biometrics, ergonomics, HCI, and usability to determine what influences the interaction between the human and the biometric device and what aspects of these fields can be applied to the design of biometric devices. Second, develop a conceptual model for the design of biometric devices, specifically swipe-based fingerprint recognition and propose an evaluation method to assess the created form factors. Third, create two alternate swipe-based fingerprint form factors based on the conceptual model that includes: biomechanics and anthropometry of the hand and fingers, biometric literature, and focus groups and interviews to gather personal perceptions and common interaction problems for swipe based fingerprint recognition devices. Lastly, evaluate the commercially available and new form factor devices in a comparative performance evaluation using the proposed HBSI evaluation method. Results to date are revealed in the poster.