Name-Manthan Mhatre
TE-IT
Roll No- 33
Case Study: Design of Biometric Authentication Software
1. Introduction
• Purpose: Secure authentication using biometrics (fingerprint, iris, face
recognition, etc.)
• Scope: Enrollment, storage, verification, and authentication process.
2. Design Process & Quality
Discuss quality attributes: security, accuracy, reliability, performance, scalability.
Diagram:
o Context Diagram → System interaction with User, Scanner Device,
Authentication Server, Database.
3. Design Concepts
Abstraction, modularity, patterns, and information hiding.
Diagram:
o Use Case Diagram-
4. The Design Model / Pattern-based Software Design
MVC (Model-View-Controller) or layered design for system.
Diagrams:
o Class Diagram → Classes like User, BiometricScanner,
FeatureExtractor, Matcher, Database.
o Sequence Diagram → Flow of user authentication (User →
Capture → Processing → Match → Result).
5. Architectural Design
Define system layers: Presentation, Application, Biometric Engine, Database.
Diagrams:
o Architecture Diagram → High-level modules and their connections.
o Component Diagram → Components like Capture Module, Feature Extraction
Module, Matching Engine, Database.
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Deployment Diagram → Shows devices: Scanner, Local PC, Cloud Authentication Server,
Database Server.
6. Views, Patterns & Application Architecture
Different viewpoints:
o Logical View: Class structure o Process View: Sequence/Activity flows o
Deployment View: Physical system deployment Diagrams:
o Activity Diagram → Enrollment process vs Authentication process.
o State Diagram → Authentication states (Idle → Capture → Processing →
Match/Fail).
7. Component-Level Design
Internal details of modules.
Diagrams:
o Detailed Component Diagram → Show subcomponents of Feature
Extraction and Matching.
o CRC Cards (optional textual representation).
8. Steps & Analysis
Data flow, data storage, and process analysis.
Diagrams:
o Data Flow Diagram (DFD) → From user biometric input to authentication output.
o ER Diagram → Tables for User, BiometricTemplate, AuthenticationLog.
9. Design Evaluation
• Check against requirements: Security, fault tolerance, usability.
• Ensure diagrams and models align with non-functional requirements.