FaceCerts

Summary form only given. The proposed electronic systems for personal ID verification need to connect to a remote database and retrieve a stored photo for the comparison with the image on the ID. Unlike these systems, FaceCerts is an off-line person identification system that relies on public-key cryptography for provable security, while deploying a standard-quality low-cost color printing process. The basic requirement for the face compression algorithm in this system is discussed. A simple printing and scanning process combined with the face compression and matching software provides strong reliability of the FaceCerts system, resulting in relatively low likelihood of false negatives and cryptographically strong likelihood of a false positive.