The human body is incredibly complex in which people can be identified in different ways since everyone has unique features. There are many aspects of the human body that make each person unique both internally and externally. Many common human identifiers include hair and fingerprints but there are other ways to identify people that may not be as common to use. An example of a less commonly used human identifier are the ears.
Ears are believed to be almost as (if not more) unique as fingerprints. Even both ears of each individual might seem similar, they can still be possibly differentiated from each other. The components to the outer ear include the auricle and the earlobe. These parts are shaped differently from person to person which allows uniqueness in shape, size, and pattern. According to the JCDR, “Ear biometrics can positively identify an individual using comparative analysis of the human ear and its morphology” (Verma, et al., 2016). The researchers who conducted this study mentioned that there comes a time when the ear is fully formed and doesn’t change until death. They found that ear prints can be used to identify culprits the way fingerprints can. …show more content…
Mark Nixon, a biometrics expert in the University of Southampton, was one of the leaders of the research. Alastair Cummings was one of the scientists who helped design the algorithm that uses rays. These rays get caught within the curved features of the ear to analyze its unique shape. With this algorithm, they were initially able to help identify people with a success rate of 99.6%. They decided to use the ear as an identifier because, as previously mentioned, they don’t make a significant change in shape over time (Mosher,
Ears are believed to be almost as (if not more) unique as fingerprints. Even both ears of each individual might seem similar, they can still be possibly differentiated from each other. The components to the outer ear include the auricle and the earlobe. These parts are shaped differently from person to person which allows uniqueness in shape, size, and pattern. According to the JCDR, “Ear biometrics can positively identify an individual using comparative analysis of the human ear and its morphology” (Verma, et al., 2016). The researchers who conducted this study mentioned that there comes a time when the ear is fully formed and doesn’t change until death. They found that ear prints can be used to identify culprits the way fingerprints can. …show more content…
Mark Nixon, a biometrics expert in the University of Southampton, was one of the leaders of the research. Alastair Cummings was one of the scientists who helped design the algorithm that uses rays. These rays get caught within the curved features of the ear to analyze its unique shape. With this algorithm, they were initially able to help identify people with a success rate of 99.6%. They decided to use the ear as an identifier because, as previously mentioned, they don’t make a significant change in shape over time (Mosher,