Person Verification and Gender Detection Based On Single-hand Image Using Feature Extraction

Zekeriya Katılmış; Şevval Koç

doi:10.35377/saucis...1807774

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Person Verification and Gender Detection Based On Single-hand Image Using Feature Extraction

Abstract

Biometric authentication has become increasingly important in security and identity management applications. This study proposes a multi-stage biometric system capable of performing both person verification and gender detection using single-hand images. The proposed framework integrates multiple feature extraction and classification strategies within a unified experimental setup. Three feature extraction methods (Zernike moments (ZM), wavelet transform (WT), and Hough transform (HT)) are employed in single and hybrid combinations, yielding five distinct feature extraction configurations. The classification stage includes five classical machine learning models, a triple hybrid ensemble model, and one deep learning model, including Decision Trees (DT), Gradient Boosting (GB), Gaussian Naive Bayes (GNB), Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Classifier (SVC), a triple hybrid model (DT+GB+GNB), and a Deep Neural Network (DNN), enabling a comprehensive comparative analysis. Experimental results show that the SVC and DNN models achieved the highest performance, yielding person verification accuracy of 97.86% and gender detection accuracy of 98.00%, respectively. The findings of this study demonstrate the feasibility of a unified hand-based biometric framework and provide valuable insights for the design of robust and scalable biometric authentication systems.

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English

Subjects

Artificial Intelligence (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Zekeriya Katılmış ^*
0000-0002-2095-5483
Türkiye

Şevval Koç
0009-0009-6169-0053
Türkiye

Early Pub Date

June 11, 2026

Publication Date

June 17, 2026

Submission Date

October 27, 2025

Acceptance Date

February 16, 2026

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Year 2026 Volume: 9 Number: 2

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https://doi.org/10.35377/saucis...1807774

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Katılmış, Z., & Koç, Ş. (2026). Person Verification and Gender Detection Based On Single-hand Image Using Feature Extraction. Sakarya University Journal of Computer and Information Sciences, 9(2), 546-562. https://doi.org/10.35377/saucis...1807774

AMA

1.Katılmış Z, Koç Ş. Person Verification and Gender Detection Based On Single-hand Image Using Feature Extraction. SAUCIS. 2026;9(2):546-562. doi:10.35377/saucis.1807774

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Katılmış, Zekeriya, and Şevval Koç. 2026. “Person Verification and Gender Detection Based On Single-Hand Image Using Feature Extraction”. Sakarya University Journal of Computer and Information Sciences 9 (2): 546-62. https://doi.org/10.35377/saucis. 1807774.

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Katılmış Z, Koç Ş (June 1, 2026) Person Verification and Gender Detection Based On Single-hand Image Using Feature Extraction. Sakarya University Journal of Computer and Information Sciences 9 2 546–562.

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[1]Z. Katılmış and Ş. Koç, “Person Verification and Gender Detection Based On Single-hand Image Using Feature Extraction”, SAUCIS, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 546–562, June 2026, doi: 10.35377/saucis...1807774.

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Katılmış, Zekeriya - Koç, Şevval. “Person Verification and Gender Detection Based On Single-Hand Image Using Feature Extraction”. Sakarya University Journal of Computer and Information Sciences 9/2 (June 1, 2026): 546-562. https://doi.org/10.35377/saucis. 1807774.

JAMA

1.Katılmış Z, Koç Ş. Person Verification and Gender Detection Based On Single-hand Image Using Feature Extraction. SAUCIS. 2026;9:546–562.

MLA

Katılmış, Zekeriya, and Şevval Koç. “Person Verification and Gender Detection Based On Single-Hand Image Using Feature Extraction”. Sakarya University Journal of Computer and Information Sciences, vol. 9, no. 2, June 2026, pp. 546-62, doi:10.35377/saucis. 1807774.

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1.Zekeriya Katılmış, Şevval Koç. Person Verification and Gender Detection Based On Single-hand Image Using Feature Extraction. SAUCIS. 2026 Jun. 1;9(2):546-62. doi:10.35377/saucis. 1807774