This paper aims at three aspects closely related to each other: first, it presents the state of the art in the area of thinning methodologies, by giving descriptions of general ideas of the most significant algorithms with a comparison between them. Secondly, it proposes a new thinning algorithm that presents interesting properties in terms of processing quality and algorithm clarity, enriched with examples. Thirdly, the work considers parallelization issues for intrinsically sequential algorithms of thinning. The main advantage of the suggested algorithm is its universality, which makes it useful and versatile for a variety of applications.
Part 3: Biometrics and Biometrics ApplicationsInternational audienceThe paper is intended as a short review of user authentication problem for mobile devices. The emphasis is put on smartphones and tablets, that nowadays are very similar to miniaturized personal computers with much more sensors of various origin. The sensors are described with remarks on their usefulness for user authentication. Deficiencies of traditional user authentication methods based on knowledge are pointed out and the need for new – more secure but also comfortable – user authentication mechanisms is reasoned. Preliminary user authentication systems employing biometric features are discussed and hence the generally unused potential of biometrics for mobile devices is demonstrated
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