A survey on fingerprint biometric recognition system

Individual recognition is based on biometric characteristics. A biometric system is an automated method of recognizing an individual. It is an evolving technology which is used in various fields like forensics, secured area and security system. Fingerprint method of identification is the oldest and widely used method of authentication used in biometrics. Fingerprint Recognition system designed uses various techniques in order to reduce the False Acceptance Rate (FAR) and False Rejection Rate (FRR) and to improve the performance of the system. In this paper a brief study on the advancement in the techniques used by various authors in the fingerprint recognition system along with their performance improvement is discussed below. Gaps are identified based on the observations and an optimum approach is proposed.