Biometric identification by dermatoglyphics
P Recobos Rodríguez, Dario Landa-Silva · 2002
Biometric identification (voice, face, iris, fingerprints, etc.) of individuals takes a lot of processing due to the complexity of these patterns. In this paper we present a study by computer vision of the palmar dermatoglyphics. It is shown that the extraction and interpretation of this kind of pattern is less complicated than the patterns previously studied-they allow a particular firm to be obtained for each individual which may be used for identification purposes or genetic studies. The procedure is composed of the following steps: image acquisition, edge detection, binary conversion, thinning operation, image reconstruction and image interpretation. Preliminary results show that this approach is a viable alternative for person identification.