DocumentCode
2783231
Title
Effect of controlled image acquisition on fingerprint matching
Author
Ratha, Nalini K. ; Bolle, Ruud M.
Author_Institution
Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Hawthorne, NY, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1998
fDate
16-20 Aug 1998
Firstpage
1659
Abstract
In an automatic fingerprint identification or authentication system, the matcher subsystem handles the most complex task of compensating for scaling, translation, rotation and structural distortions of the fingerprint minutiae features due to skin elasticity. We analyze the effect of controlled image acquisition on matcher performance. We show that simple steps in image acquisition can enhance the system performance vastly
Keywords
bifurcation; feature extraction; fingerprint identification; image matching; automatic fingerprint authentication system; automatic fingerprint identification; controlled image acquisition; fingerprint matching; fingerprint minutiae features; rotation; scaling; skin elasticity; structural distortions; translation; Automatic control; Bifurcation; Electrical capacitance tomography; Feature extraction; Fingerprint recognition; Fingers; Image databases; Image matching; Spatial databases; System performance;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Pattern Recognition, 1998. Proceedings. Fourteenth International Conference on
Conference_Location
Brisbane, Qld.
ISSN
1051-4651
Print_ISBN
0-8186-8512-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICPR.1998.712037
Filename
712037
Link To Document