EyePreserve: Identity-Preserving Iris Synthesis

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Main Authors: Khan, Siamul Karim, Tinsley, Patrick, Mitcheff, Mahsa, Flynn, Patrick, Bowyer, Kevin W., Czajka, Adam
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author Khan, Siamul Karim
Tinsley, Patrick
Mitcheff, Mahsa
Flynn, Patrick
Bowyer, Kevin W.
Czajka, Adam
author_facet Khan, Siamul Karim
Tinsley, Patrick
Mitcheff, Mahsa
Flynn, Patrick
Bowyer, Kevin W.
Czajka, Adam
contents Synthesis of same-identity biometric iris images, both for existing and non-existing identities while preserving the identity across a wide range of pupil sizes, is complex due to the intricate iris muscle constriction mechanism, requiring a precise model of iris non-linear texture deformations to be embedded into the synthesis pipeline. This paper presents the first method of fully data-driven, identity-preserving, pupil size-varying synthesis of iris images. This approach is capable of synthesizing images of irises with different pupil sizes representing non-existing identities, as well as non-linearly deforming the texture of iris images of existing subjects given the segmentation mask of the target iris image. Iris recognition experiments suggest that the proposed deformation model both preserves the identity when changing the pupil size, and offers better similarity between same-identity iris samples with significant differences in pupil size, compared to state-of-the-art linear and non-linear (bio-mechanical-based) iris deformation models. Two immediate applications of the proposed approach are: (a) synthesis of, or enhancement of the existing biometric datasets for iris recognition, mimicking those acquired with iris sensors, and (b) helping forensic human experts examine iris image pairs with significant differences in pupil dilation. Images considered in this work conform to selected ISO/IEC 29794-6 quality metrics to make them applicable in biometric systems. The source codes and model weights are offered with this paper.
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spellingShingle EyePreserve: Identity-Preserving Iris Synthesis
Khan, Siamul Karim
Tinsley, Patrick
Mitcheff, Mahsa
Flynn, Patrick
Bowyer, Kevin W.
Czajka, Adam
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Synthesis of same-identity biometric iris images, both for existing and non-existing identities while preserving the identity across a wide range of pupil sizes, is complex due to the intricate iris muscle constriction mechanism, requiring a precise model of iris non-linear texture deformations to be embedded into the synthesis pipeline. This paper presents the first method of fully data-driven, identity-preserving, pupil size-varying synthesis of iris images. This approach is capable of synthesizing images of irises with different pupil sizes representing non-existing identities, as well as non-linearly deforming the texture of iris images of existing subjects given the segmentation mask of the target iris image. Iris recognition experiments suggest that the proposed deformation model both preserves the identity when changing the pupil size, and offers better similarity between same-identity iris samples with significant differences in pupil size, compared to state-of-the-art linear and non-linear (bio-mechanical-based) iris deformation models. Two immediate applications of the proposed approach are: (a) synthesis of, or enhancement of the existing biometric datasets for iris recognition, mimicking those acquired with iris sensors, and (b) helping forensic human experts examine iris image pairs with significant differences in pupil dilation. Images considered in this work conform to selected ISO/IEC 29794-6 quality metrics to make them applicable in biometric systems. The source codes and model weights are offered with this paper.
title EyePreserve: Identity-Preserving Iris Synthesis
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.12028