1. A system for efficiently performing a pattern matching procedure, comprising: an enrollment manager that performs an image conversion procedure for converting an initial reference image into a reference template, said image conversion procedure including a binarization procedure or a symmetrical reduction procedure; and a verification manager that converts an initial test image into a transformed test image, said verification manager then combining said reference template and said transformed test image into a correlation image, said verification manager analyzing matching characteristics of said correlation image to determine whether said initial test image matches said initial reference image.