• DocumentCode
    2406389
  • Title

    Determining Unique Fi ngerprint Features for Biometric Encoding of Data

  • Author

    Cucu, Catalin ; Cucos, Alex ; Corcoran, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Univ. of Ireland, Galway
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    9-13 Jan. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A novel approach to determining unique fingerprint features with high repeatability is described. The techniques described are particularly suitable for CE applications and devices employing inexpensive capacitative fingerprint sensors. The extraction of robust seeds for generating repeatable encryption keys is discussed and some preliminary approaches are described.
  • Keywords
    cryptography; encoding; fingerprint identification; biometric data encoding; capacitative fingerprint sensors; consumer electronics applications; repeatable encryption keys; unique fingerprint features; Authentication; Biometrics; Biosensors; Data mining; Encoding; Feature extraction; Fingerprint recognition; Robustness; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Consumer Electronics, 2008. ICCE 2008. Digest of Technical Papers. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1458-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1459-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCE.2008.4588002
  • Filename
    4588002