Patent ID: 8655026

Claim:
A method of generating a template from biometric data associated with an individual, the method comprising the steps of: deriving a positional reference point of said biometric data of the individual; deriving a measure of reliability for the positional reference point, wherein the measure of reliability is a reliability indicator indicating a reliability of the derived positional reference point; extracting a first feature set from said biometric data taking into account the derived positional reference point, if the derived measure of reliability indicates that the positional reference point is considered unreliable; (a) extracting a second feature set from said biometric data if the measure of reliability indicates that the positional reference point is unreliable; (b) calculating a contribution indicator for the derived positional reference point for determining an absolute or relative number of features used from the first and second feature sets in the generated template; (c) generating a template from either or both of the first and second extracted feature sets, wherein said contribution indicator is taken into account to determine a contribution of the respective first and second feature sets in the generated template; if the measure of reliability indicates that the positional reference point is reliable, (a) generating a template from the extracted first feature set and (b) associating the template with the calculated contribution indicator.