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Presentation Attack Detection (PAD)

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

PAD

Definitions:

  Automated determination of a presentation attack. A subset of presentation attack determination methods, referred to asliveness detection, involve measurement and analysis of anatomical characteristics or involuntary or voluntary reactions, in order to determine if a biometric sample is being captured from a living subject present at the point of capture.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-63-3

  An automated determination of a presentation attack
Sources:
NIST SP 800-140E

  Automated determination of a presentation attack. A subset of presentation attack determination methods, referred to as liveness detection, involve measurement and analysis of anatomical characteristics or involuntary or voluntary reactions, in order to determine if a biometric sample is being captured from a living subject present at the point of capture.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-63-3