A Survey on Ear Biometrics Revolution

Abstract- Biometric occupies a vital place in security methods it is one of the most essential security aspects in the modern world. Using ear as a biometric feature is in use for several years. Much research work has been done on this. Ear is an important part of the human body which remains intact for a certain age limit. It consist of large amount of unique features. Since not much changes are observed in the ear, its rich stable structure makes it, very promising to use for identification and authentication. In this paper, a short survey is done about biometrics, why ear is used as a biometric feature and lastly all the different techniques of ear identification is listed