Fairness measures for biometric quality assessment

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Main Authors: Dörsch, André, Schlett, Torsten, Munch, Peter, Rathgeb, Christian, Busch, Christoph
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Published: 2024
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author Dörsch, André
Schlett, Torsten
Munch, Peter
Rathgeb, Christian
Busch, Christoph
author_facet Dörsch, André
Schlett, Torsten
Munch, Peter
Rathgeb, Christian
Busch, Christoph
contents Quality assessment algorithms measure the quality of a captured biometric sample. Since the sample quality strongly affects the recognition performance of a biometric system, it is essential to only process samples of sufficient quality and discard samples of low-quality. Even though quality assessment algorithms are not intended to yield very different quality scores across demographic groups, quality score discrepancies are possible, resulting in different discard ratios. To ensure that quality assessment algorithms do not take demographic characteristics into account when assessing sample quality and consequently to ensure that the quality algorithms perform equally for all individuals, it is crucial to develop a fairness measure. In this work we propose and compare multiple fairness measures for evaluating quality components across demographic groups. Proposed measures, could be used as potential candidates for an upcoming standard in this important field.
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spellingShingle Fairness measures for biometric quality assessment
Dörsch, André
Schlett, Torsten
Munch, Peter
Rathgeb, Christian
Busch, Christoph
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Quality assessment algorithms measure the quality of a captured biometric sample. Since the sample quality strongly affects the recognition performance of a biometric system, it is essential to only process samples of sufficient quality and discard samples of low-quality. Even though quality assessment algorithms are not intended to yield very different quality scores across demographic groups, quality score discrepancies are possible, resulting in different discard ratios. To ensure that quality assessment algorithms do not take demographic characteristics into account when assessing sample quality and consequently to ensure that the quality algorithms perform equally for all individuals, it is crucial to develop a fairness measure. In this work we propose and compare multiple fairness measures for evaluating quality components across demographic groups. Proposed measures, could be used as potential candidates for an upcoming standard in this important field.
title Fairness measures for biometric quality assessment
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.11392