Anna University End Semester Examinations Sept 2012

B.E. Biomedical Engineering

VI Semester
BM9022 Biometric Systems
Time: 3 Hours Max. marks: 100
Answer All Questions

PART A (10 x 2=20marks)

1. Distinguish between Verification and Identification

2. Draw the block diagram -of a Biometric system.

3. List the types o f minutiae in fingerprints and sketch them.

4. State the weaknesses o f fingerprint recognition.

5. How goodness o f match is computed using Hamming distance?

6. Mention the strengths o f Iris recognition.

7. State the basic components o f a facial scan system.

8. What are the advantages o f 3D Model based face recognition?

9. Mention the weaknesses o f voice scan technology.

10. What is Dynamic time warping?

PART B (5 X16 =80)

1 la. State the characteristics o f a Biometric and explain. Compare the Biometric
characteristics o f Retinal scan, Ear, and D N A .
b. Describe the metrics o f accuracy used in Biometric systems

12a. . Explain Ridge feature based fingerprint matching using Gabor filters.

(OR)
12b (i) Explain the method to estimate the local ridge orientation in fingerprints
(if) Discuss the criminal and civil applications o f fingerprint technology

13a. Discuss Daugman's approach o f Iris Localization

(OR)
13b. Explain in detail the Wilde's approach o f Iris localization and representation
14a. (i) Explain how Face recognition is carried out using Principal Component Analysis (10)

(ii) Discuss the strengths and weaknesses o f Face recognition (6)

(OR)
14b. Describe the Face recognition -technique using shape and texture

15a. (i) Explain about Mel Frequency Cepstral coefficient extraction from speech signal. (10)
(ii) Explain about the tasks involved in the NIST annual evaluations and discuss about the
performance measure. (6)
(OR)

15b. Describe Gaussian Mixture Model based speaker recognition