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Fingerprint alignment using similarity histogram

  • Tanghui Zhang*
  • , Jie Tian
  • , Yuliang He
  • , Jiangang Cheng
  • , Xin Yang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

The performance of fingerprint matching algorithm relies heavily on the accuracy of fingerprint alignment. Falsely aligning two feature sets extracted from two finger images of a fingerprint will increase the false rejection rate (FRR). In order to improve the performance of fingerprint matching algorithm, we present a new fingerprint alignment algorithm called similarity histogram approach (SHA). First, we calculate the local similarity matrix based on minutiae and associate ridges between two fingerprints. Then, similarity histograms of transformation parameters are constructed from local similarity matrix. In the end, the optimal transformation parameters are obtained using a statistical method. Experimental results on FVC databases show that our method is effective and reliable.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsJosef Kittler, Mark S. Nixon
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages854-861
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9783540403029
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume2688
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

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