  With the rapid advancement in technology, smart homes have become applicable
and so the need arise to solve the security challenges that are accompanied
with its operation. Passwords and identity cards have been used as traditional
authentication mechanisms in home environments, however, the rise of misuse of
these mechanisms are proving them to be less reliable. For instance, ID cards
can be misplaced, copied or counterfeited and being misused. Conversely,
studies have shown that biometrics authentication systems particularly Iris
Recognition Technology (IRT) and Fingerprint Recognition Technology (FRT) have
the most reliable mechanisms to date providing tremendous accuracy and speed.
As the technology becomes less expensive, application of IRT& FRT in
smart-homes becomes more reliable and appropriate solution for security
challenges. In this paper, we present our approach to design an authentication
system for smart homes based on IRT, FRT and ARM7TDMI.The system employs two
biometrics mechanisms for high reliability whereby initially, system users must
enroll their fingerprints and eyes into the camera. Iris and fingerprint
biometrics are scanned and the images are stored in the database. In the stage
of authentication, FRT and IRT fingerprint scan and analyze points of the
user's current input iris and fingerprint and match with the database contents.
If one or more captured images do not match with the one in the database, then
the system will not give authorization.
