A Survey of Biometric Gait Recognition: Approaches, Security and Challenges

Biometric systems are becoming increasingly important, since they provide more reliable and efficient means of identity verification. Biometric gait recognition (i.e. recognizing people from the way they walk) is one of the recent attractive topics in biometric research. This paper presents biometric user recognition based on gait. Biometric gait recognition is categorized into three groups based on: machine vision, floor sensor and wearable sensor. An overview of each gait recognition category is presented. In addition, factors that may influence gait recognition are outlined. Furthermore, the security evaluations of biometric gait under various attack scenarios are also presented.

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