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Start date: 1 October 1998
End date: 1 September 1999
Funding programme: JISC Technologies Application (JTAP) programme
Project website:
http://eleceng.ukc.ac.uk/~fd4/jtap.html
This project is concerned with the evaluation of new technologies for person identification using joint audio and video models of individuals for greater robustness and resistance to unauthorised access.
The combined and simultaneous use of audio and video information provides a greater degree of security as tampering any one of these sources would not be enough for false access and authentication. Joint audio-visual models for individuals may be encrypted and placed on smart cards and used for authentication and controlled access to buildings and resources.
With the increasing availability of desk-top video-conferencing and the decline in the price and availability of multimedia video capture and processing equipment the use of joint audio-visual processing for authentication and access control is becoming feasible and cost-effective. It is important to assess the state of the art and potential applicability of these technologies in the Higher Education context.