Adding liveness detection to the hand geometry scanner

Adding Liveness Detection to the Hand Geometry Scanner Musat C. Crihalmeanu In today’s dynamic society, the efficiency of the Biometric Systems has an increasing tendency to replace the classic but obsolete keys and passwords. Hand Geometry Readers are popular biometrics used for Access and Control applications. One of their weaknesses is vulnerability to spoofing using fake hands (latex, play-doh or dead-hands). The objective of this Thesis is to design a feature to be added to the Hand Geometry Scanner in order to detect vitality in the hand, reducing spoofing possibilities. This thesis demonstrates how the Hand Reader was successfully spoofed and shows the implementation of the live detection feature through an inexpensive but efficient electronic design. The method used for detection is Photo-Plethysmography. The Reflectance Sensor built is of original conception. After amplifying, filtering and processing the sensor’s signal, a message is displayed onto an LCD, concerning the liveness of the hand and the pulse rate.