Biometric Identifier DB
◈ Last edit: Feb 10, 2021
◈ 38 Biometric Identifiers
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Biometric Identifiers
| # | Wide | Part | Icon | Biometric IDs | Cat | Mech | Accuracy | Use Cases | Security | EasyUse? | Srch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Potential | EYE | 👁️ | VR Behavior | Psych | Visual | |||||
| 20 | Rare | FINGER | 👍 | Finger Vibration | Physio | Behavioral | |||||
| 27 | Rare | LUNGS | 🫁 | Respiratory Biometrics | Physio | Visual | |||||
| 15 | Potential | EAR | 👂 | Ear Acoutic Authentication | Physio | Auditory | v.high | Smartphone Auth, Call/Audio Security | v.high | med | |
| 4 | Rare | FACE | 😉 | Pore Recognition | Physio | Visual | |||||
| 28 | Rare | LUNGS | 🫁 | Exhalation Analysis | Physio | Chemical | |||||
| 5 | Growing | FACE | 😉 | Facial Thermography | Physio | Visual | high | Ident in Public Transport & Business | high | ||
| 14 | Growing | EAR | 👂 | Ear Shape Recognition | Physio | Visual | |||||
| 1 | Common | DNA | 🧬 | DNA Matching | Physio | Chemical | v.high | Forensics, Family History | v.high | low | |
| 2 | Top | FACE | 😉 | Facial Recognition | Physio | Visual | high | Access, Ident, Auth | high | high | |
| 23 | Rare | HAND | 🖐️ | Hand Thermography | Physio | Visual | |||||
| 12 | Rare | EYE | 👁️ | Eye Movement | Behavioral | Behavioral | |||||
| 9 | Top | EYE | 👁️ | Iris Recognition | Physio | Visual | high | Airport/Border Access Control | high | low | |
| 8 | Rare | FACE | 😉 | Nose Shape Recognition | Physio | Visual | |||||
| 3 | Rare | FACE | 😉 | 3D Face / Skull Structure | Physio | Visual/Spatial | |||||
| 30 | Growing | HEART | 💓 | Heartbeat Recognition | Physio | Laser/ECG | ? Military | ||||
| 34 | Growing | WALK | 🚶♀️ | Gait Recognition | Behavioral | Behavioral | low | ? Medical, Forensics | low | ||
| 11 | Growing | EYE | 👁️ | Retina Recognition | Physio | Visual | v.high | Banking, Online Access | v.high | ||
| 17 | Growing | FINGER | 👍 | Finger Vein Recognition | Physio | Visual | v.high | Banking/Medical Ident | v.high | ||
| 21 | Top | HAND | 🖐️ | Vein Recognition | Physio | Visual | v.high | Border Control, Banking Ident, Access | v.high | med | |
| 24 | Shrinking | HAND | 🖐️ | Hand Geometry Recognition | Physio | Visual/Spatial | high | Citizen Ident, Smartphone Apps, Large gathering | low | ||
| 16 | Top | FINGER | 👍 | Fingerprint Recognition | Physio | Visual | high | Device Auth, Criminal Ident, Banking | high | med | |
| 22 | Common | HAND | 🖐️ | Palm Print | Physio | Visual | high | Device Auth, Criminal Ident, Banking Ident | high | med | |
| 36 | Common | SIG | ✍️ | Signature Recognition | Behavioral | Visual/Behave | med | Doc Verif/Auth, Banking Indent | high | low | |
| 25 | Rare | FOOT | 🦶 | Footprint / Foot Dynmaics | Physio | Visual | high | Forensics, Medical | high | ||
| 6 | Potential | FACE | 😉 | Skin Patterns / Reflection | Physio | Visual | low | Ident Verify, HCI | low | ||
| 10 | Growing | EYE | 👁️ | Eye Vein Recognition | Physio | Visual | v.high | Mobile Phones, Online Banking | v.high | ||
| 33 | Top | VOICE | 🗣️ | Voice Recognition | Behavioral | Auditory | low | Online Banking, Emergency Srvs, Call Centers, Healthcare | low | high | |
| 7 | Potential | FACE | 😉 | Lip Motion | Behavioral | Visual | high | Part of Multifactor Auth | high | ||
| 32 | Growing | VOICE | 🗣️ | Speaker Identification | Behavioral | Auditory | low | Phone/Net Transactions, Docs, Online Ed, Emergency Srvs | low | ||
| 29 | Potential | ODOR | 👃 | Odour | Physio | Olfactory | high | Smartphone Auth (valuable to disabled) | high | ||
| 35 | Growing | TYPE | ⌨️ | Typing Recognition | Behavioral | Behavioral | high | User Ident, Part of Multifactor Auth | high | ||
| 18 | Rare | FINGER | 👍 | Finger Geometry Recognition | Physio | Visual/Spatial | |||||
| 19 | Rare | FINGER | 👍 | Fingernail Recognition | Physio | Visual | |||||
| 26 | Rare | BUTT | 🍑 | Butt / Posture Biometrics | Physio | Visual/Spatial | |||||
| 31 | Growing | BRAIN | 🧠 | Brain Imaging | Physio | CT/MRI/PET | |||||
| 37 | Rare | MOUSE | 🖱️ | Navigation patterns | Behavioral | Behavioral | |||||
| 38 | Rare | INTERACT | 📱 | Engagement patterns | Behavioral | Behavioral |
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