Dempster-Shafer-Based Fusion of Multi-Modal Biometrics for Supporting Identity Verification Effectively and Efficiently

The purpose of this paper is to describe a novel fusion algorithm for multi-modal biometric identification. In this paper we describe the fusion of fingerprints and voice. This combination of biometrics is rarely used in verification systems although this biometric pair is simple to use and not too invasive. A framework for the combination of several data fusion algorithms is described. In this paper we use only two types of data fusion techniques, namely weighted sum and fuzzy system. Two independent identity decisions can be thus obtained, and from them two beliefs that the identity is verified can be derived. The two beliefs are combined using Dempster-Shafer’s approach to obtain the final decision. The results are reported by ROC curves.