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Estimation of fingerprint orientation field by weighted 2D fourier expansion model

  • Xunqiang Tao*
  • , Xin Yang
  • , Kai Cao
  • , Ruifang Wang
  • , Peng Li
  • , Jie Tian
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • CAS - Institute of Automation

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Abstract

Accurate estimation of fingerprint orientation field is an essential module in fingerprint recognition. This paper proposes a novel technique for improving fingerprint orientation field estimation by fingerprint orientation model based on weighted 2D fourier expansion(W-FOMFE). The motivation for the proposed method can be found by: 1)the original FOMFE is sensitive to abrupt changes in orientation field; 2) blocks of different quality should have different impacts on FOMFE. Thus, we take into account the information of the Harris-corner strength (HCS) for orientation field estimation. In our method, we first calculate the fingerprint' HCS; then use the HCS to remove abrupt changes in orientation field; finally, incorporate the normalized HCS as weighted value into original FOMFE. We test our method on FVC2004DB1. Experimental results show that our method (W-FOMFE) has better orientation field estimation than FOMFE.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2010 20th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2010
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1253-1256
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9780769541099
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition
ISSN (Print)1051-4651

Keywords

  • Fingerprint orientation
  • Harris-corner strength
  • Weighted 2D fourier expansion

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