Securing E-Library System with Bimodal Biometric Technique

The project focuses on securing e-library system with dual biometric features viz: face recognition and fingerprint identification techniques. The results obtained from the research support the set of objectives. The findings indicate that a real time fingerprint and face based authentication security system can be achieved. For the fact that it involves the use of human and biological characteristics, thus some false rejections were recorded during the performance of the system, this occurs mostly in the section of face recognition. This is as a result of the conditions under which the face images were acquired (that is, image background, lightening, distance of face from camera, etc.). The function of the system is based on the ability to match a required fingerprint and face within the database in order to authenticate the user of the facility and therefore grant or refuse access to the electronic library and this was achieved as reported in the paper.