Biometrics Systems Include Users
Mary Frances Theofanos, Ross J. Micheals, Brian C. Stanton · IEEE Systems Journal · 2009
As system designers, do we sometimes forget where biometrics come from? The ¿usual¿ standard biometric system model includes the biometricpresentationand a biometricsensorbut not users themselves. Having this model facilitates having shared vocabulary and abstraction for technologists and systems developers. However, advancing thesystemsscience of biometric systems will require a shift towards a user-centered viewpoint. After all, without auserthere can be no biometric. In this paper, we argue that it is not only appropriate, butnecessaryto consider users-their behavior, cognition, perception and anthropometrics-as a component of a biometric system.