Proceedings of 2nd International Multi-Disciplinary Conference Theme: Integrated Sciences and Technologies, IMDC-IST 2021, 7-9 September 2021, Sakarya, Turkey

Research Article

Infrared Imagery and Border Control Systems

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.7-9-2021.2314979,
        author={George Kumi Kyeremeh and Mohamed Abdul-Al and Rami Qahwaji and Raed A Abd-Alhameed},
        title={Infrared Imagery and Border Control Systems},
        proceedings={Proceedings of 2nd International Multi-Disciplinary Conference Theme: Integrated Sciences and Technologies, IMDC-IST 2021, 7-9 September 2021, Sakarya, Turkey},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={IMDC-IST},
        year={2022},
        month={1},
        keywords={automated border control (abc) biometrics borders e-gate electronic machine-readable travel document (e-mrtd) unimodal and multimodal infrared (ir) visible spectrum},
        doi={10.4108/eai.7-9-2021.2314979}
    }
    
  • George Kumi Kyeremeh
    Mohamed Abdul-Al
    Rami Qahwaji
    Raed A Abd-Alhameed
    Year: 2022
    Infrared Imagery and Border Control Systems
    IMDC-IST
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.7-9-2021.2314979
George Kumi Kyeremeh1,*, Mohamed Abdul-Al1, Rami Qahwaji1, Raed A Abd-Alhameed1
  • 1: Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK
*Contact email: g.k.kyeremeh@bradford.ac.uk

Abstract

The growing need for passenger authorization at international border crossing points (BCPs) is prompted research into more effective methods. Automated border control (ABC) is gaining attention in its ability to improve traveller ease, BCP throughput, and national security. Individuals are automatically recognized using a feature vector generated from their behavioural and/or physiological characteristics in biometric recognition. Biometric identification systems have been able to offer reliable personal recognition methods useful to validate or identify an individual. Visible spectrum images have some porosity and the effort to deal with it resulted in the introduction of Infrared imaging. This article is looked at verification and identification as the major components of a biometric system and the need for a multimodal system over a unimodal system of identification. It explained how infrared imaging support identification and verification and addresses some shortcomings of the visible spectrum with a comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of both media. Some limitations of Infrared imaging were also identified with multi-modal combining algorithms by comparative thermal and optical images identified as a remedy for the shortcoming. The ethical issue to be observed in biometric identification are also discussed and the whole work concluded.