• DocumentCode
    1419293
  • Title

    Automatic Detection of Altered Fingerprints

  • Author

    Jain, Anil K. ; Yoon, Soweon

  • Author_Institution
    Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    79
  • Lastpage
    82
  • Abstract
    A new algorithm detects changes to fingerprints due to mutilation and other similar measures criminals use to evade identification. This Web extra video features Karl Ricanek of the University of North Carolina Wilmington providing an overview of the 2011 International Joint Conference on Biometrics, and Charles Severance, Computer´s multimedia editor, interviewing several conference attendees from around the world.
  • Keywords
    fingerprint identification; law administration; Web extra video; automatic altered fingerprint detection; criminals; Algorithm design and analysis; Biometrics (access control); Fingerprint recognition; Identification; Altered fingerprints; Biometrics; Fingerprint matching; Identity sciences;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2012.6
  • Filename
    6127999