Introduction to Fingerprint Recognition
Uğur Halıcı, L. C. Jain, Aybüke Erol · 2022
Fingerprints, which have been used for about 100 years, are the oldest biometric signs of identity. With the increasing power of computers, automated systems have been developed to automate the tedious manual classification and matching methods of fingerprints. Fingerprint based biometric systems are usually used for criminal identification and police work but now with the development in Automatic Fingerprint Authentication System (AFAS), they are highly utilized in civilian applications such as access control and financial security. Fingerprint classification is used in Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). The purpose of classification is clustering a database of fingerprints into as many classes as possible. Segmentation is the process of discriminating the fingerprint area in the image. The image mostly consists of a uniform background and the fingerprint impression. In AFIS applications, the performance of the system is given by the distribution of the correct match in the list constructed by the system.