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Unimodal Biometric Systems Overview

Unimodal biometric systems utilize a single biometric trait for identification, while multimodal systems combine multiple traits to enhance recognition rates. Unimodal systems face limitations such as susceptibility to noisy data and vulnerability to spoof attacks. The choice between unimodal and multimodal systems is crucial when adopting biometric technology for identification.

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Unimodal Biometric Systems Overview

Unimodal biometric systems utilize a single biometric trait for identification, while multimodal systems combine multiple traits to enhance recognition rates. Unimodal systems face limitations such as susceptibility to noisy data and vulnerability to spoof attacks. The choice between unimodal and multimodal systems is crucial when adopting biometric technology for identification.

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18CSE357T – BIOMETRICS

Unit –1 : Session –3 : SLO -1

SRM Institute of Science and Technology 1


UNIMODAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS
Biometric identification systems which use a single
biometric trait of the individual for identification and
verification are called unimodal systems.
Biometric identification systems which use or are capable
of using a combination of two or more biometric
modalities to identify an individual are called multimodal
biometric systems. The most important reason behind
using multimodal biometric systems is to improve the
recognition rate.
When adopting biometric technology for identification,
the most important pre-deployment question is whether
to choose a unimodal or multimodal biometric system .
limitations of Unimodal biometric systems

Susceptibility of the biometric sensor to


noisy or bad data

Unimodal biometric systems are quite


vulnerable to spoof attacks where the data
can be imitated or forged. For example,
fingerprint recognition systems can be easily
spoofed using rubber fingerprints.
GENERAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
FOR UNIMODAL SYSTEM

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