Future trends in iris recognition: an industry perspective

Since 1994 iris recognition was established as a state-of-the-art technology in the field of biometric recognition, and after central intellectual property rights expired in 2011 it was established as a reliable alternative to fingerprint and face recognition-based systems. Its relevance is further backed by the integration in the currently largest biometric project (UID) as one of the main biometric modalities. In this chapter we discuss the current state, pending challenges, and upcoming trends of iris recognition from an industry perspective.