VeriEye 13.

0/MegaMatcher
13.0 Algorithm Demo
User's guide

Copyright © 2008-2023 Neurotechnology. All rights reserved.

User's guide version: 13.0.0.0

Publish date: 5/24/2023

Copyright © 2008-2013 Neurotechnology. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1
1.1 System Requirements 1

2 Application 3
2.1 Windows 3
2.1.1 Main Window 3
2.1.2 Enrollment Dialog 4
2.1.3 Options Dialog 4
2.1.4 About Dialog 5

2.2 Linux 6

2.3 Mac OS X 6

3 Support 7

Index a

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1 Introduction
Iris recognition is acknowledged as the most accurate, stable and scalable non-invasive biometrics. This document is user's
guide for Neurotechnology VeriEye 13.0/MegaMatcher 13.0 Algorithm Demo application. The purpose of this demo application
is to demonstrate the speed and accuracy of Neurotechnology iris recognition engine interactively.
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1.1 System Requirements

The exact system requirements highly depends on the use scenario, some approximate minimal requirements are listed below.

Hardware requirements:

• PC or Mac with x86-64 (64-bit) compatible processors.

• AVX2 support is highly recommended. Most modern processors support this instruction set, but please check if a
particular processor model supports it.
• 2 GB of free RAM is recommended for general usage scenarios. It is possible to reduce RAM usage for particular
scenarios.
• (Optionally) A webcam or IP camera or any other camera (recommended frame size: 640 x 480 pixels) for face images
capturing. Neurotechnology SDK includes support modules for a list of cameras. An IP camera should support RTSP and
stream video in H.264 or M-JPEG. Cameras, which can operate in near-infrared spectrum, can be also used for image
capture. Any other webcam or camera should provide DirectShow, Windows Media or Media Foundation interfaces for
Windows platform, GStreamer interface for Linux and Mac platforms.
• (Optionally) Fingerprint scanner. Neurotechnology SDKs includes support modules for more than 150 models of fingerprint
scanners under Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X platforms. See the list of supported fingerprint scanners.
• (Optionally) Iris scanner (recommended image size: 640 x 480 pixels) for iris image capture. Neurotechnology SDKs
includes support modules for several iris cameras. See the list of supported iris scanners.
• (Optionally) Microphone. Any microphone that is supported by the operating system can be used.
Microsoft Windows specific requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11.

• Microsoft .NET framework 4.5 or later (for .NET components usage)
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or later (for face capture using camera/webcam).
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 or newer (for application development with C++ / C# / VB .NET)
• Java SE JDK 8 or newer (for application development with Java)
Linux specific requirements:

• Linux 3.10 or newer kernel is required.

• glibc 2.17 or newer
• GStreamer 1.10.x or newer with gst-plugin-base and gst-plugin-good is required for face capture using camera/webcam or
rtsp video. GStreamer 1.4.x or newer is recommended.
• libgudev-1.0 219 or newer (for camera and/or microphone usage)
• alsa-lib 1.1.6 or newer (for voice capture)
• gcc 4.8 or newer (for application development)
• GNU Make 3.81 or newer (for application development)
• Java SE JDK 8 or newer (for application development with Java)
• PCSC-Lite 1.4.4 or newer

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• ccid-1.3.0 or newer

MacOS specific requirements:

• macOS (version 10.12.6 or newer)
• XCode 4.6 or newer (for application development)
• GStreamer 1.10.x or newer with plugins (for RTSP support)
• GNU Make 3.81 or newer (to build samples and tutorials development)
• Java SE JDK 8 or newer (for application development with Java) 1

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2.1 Windows VeriEye 13.0/MegaMatcher 13.0 Main Window

2 Application
This simple application demonstrates capabilities of Neurotechnology iris recognition engine. It can answer several questions:
how fast Neurotechnology iris extraction is (creation of iris template from one iris image), and how fast matching is (how many
templates of irises are compared per second) on some particular machine, how much memory it will use for these operation,
and finally, how accurate it will be with some particular data. The following common tasks are implemented:

• Enrollment - iris image is converted to a compact representation called template which is further saved in the database for
rapid identification or verification.
• Identification - newly created iris template is compared to each previously saved iris template and all matching database
entries are showed.
Verification task is not implemented and there is no need for that because it is the same as identification in the database with
one record using Neurotechnology SDK.

Additionally, all the parameters of iris template extraction and matching algorithms can be changed interactively.

2.1 Windows
VeriEye 13.0/MegaMatcher 13.0 Algorithm Demo application in Windows OS can be started from
IrisesAlgorithmDemo.exe.

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2.1.1 Main Window
When you want to enroll an iris image to a database you should press an Enroll button. If the enrollment succeeded you will
see a window like this:

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The center part of the main window shows current eye image and it's segmentation results (if available). The lower left text box
shows application log. The lower right list shows identification results. The biometrical tasks - enrollment and identification - are
accessible via "Jobs" menu or toolbar buttons.

2.1.2 Enrollment Dialog

Enrollment dialog is accessible via "Jobs » Enroll" menu or toolbar "Enroll" button. It is a convenient way to enroll single or
multiple eye iris images (via multiple files or whole directory selection) to the internal database.

You can choose whether to extract iris images from a file or from a directory using a combo box on the toolbar.

If you have iris scanner drivers installed you can also extract image from scanner by selecting "From Iris Camera" in the same
combo box.

2.1.3 Options Dialog

It is accessible via "Tools » Options" menu. All parameters of iris template extraction and matching algorithms can be changed
interactively in these dialogs:

Enrollment options

• Inner boundary radius from (in pixels) - extractor parameter used to guide segmentation process, specifies the radius of
circle which can fully fit inside the iris inner boundary. Default value - 20.
• Inner boundary radius to (in pixels) - extractor parameter used to guide segmentation process, specifies the radius of circle
inside which the iris inner boundary will fully fit. Default value - 80.
• Outer boundary radius from (in pixels) - extractor parameter used to guide segmentation process, specifies the radius of
circle which can fully fit inside the iris outer boundary. Default value - 70.
• Outer boundary radius to (in pixels) - extractor parameter used to guide segmentation process, specifies the radius of circle
inside which the iris outer boundary will fully fit. Default value - 170.
• Quality threshold - sets a quality threshold. If an iris's quality threshold is less than specified value, the iris will be rejected.
Default value - 5.

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Matching options

• FAR - matcher parameter used to define chosen false acceptance rate (FAR). Actually, controls matching threshold to
make a decision whether compared iris templates were created from the same eye. Default value - 0.01%.
• Maximal rotation - maximum in-plane rotation angle of iris image which controls until which angle iris images will be
identified. Note: the bigger Maximal Rotation value is, the slower identification task will be.
• Matching speed - matcher parameter used to define chosen matching speed. Matching speed can be one of the following:
low (best quality), medium or high. Default value - low (best quality).
• Maximal Result Only - maximum number of matching results returned. Default value - 1000.
• First Result Only – if checked, only the first positive result will be returned during identification.
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2.1.4 About Dialog

It is accessible via "Help » About" menu. All Neurotechnology components that were used to create this application are listed in
this dialog.

You can also access the plugin managers used by the application from this window.

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2.2 Linux
VeriEye 13.0/MegaMatcher 13.0 Algorithm Demo application on Linux can be started from IrisesAlgorithmDemo file. See
Windows ( see page 3) part to find out how to use this application.

2.3 Mac OS X
VeriEye 13.0/MegaMatcher 13.0 Algorithm Demo application on Mac OS can be started from IrisesAlgorithmDemo.app
file. See Windows ( see page 3) part to find out how to use this application.

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3 Support
If you encounter problems while installing or using Neurotechnology Iris Recognition Algorithm Demo application, please
contact Neurotechnology ([email protected]) or your local distributor.

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Index

A
About Dialog 5
Application 3

E
Enrollment Dialog 4

I
Introduction 1

L
Linux 6

M
Mac OS X 6
Main Window 3

O
Options Dialog 4

S
Support 7
System Requirements 1

W
Windows 3