Gait recognition

Gait recognition, recognizing individuals by their distinctive walk, captures a sequence of images to derive and analyze motion characteristics. A person’s gait can be hard to disguise because a person’s musculature essentially limits the variation of motion, and measuring it requires no contact with the person. However, gait can be obscured or disguised if the individual, for example, is wearing loose fitting clothes. Preliminary results have confirmed its potential, but further development is necessary before its performance, limitations, and advantages can be fully assessed.