Fingerprint Singular Point Detection Using Orientation Field Reliability

Abstract:

Singular point detection is the most important step in Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) and is used in fingerprint alignment, fingerprint matching, and particularly in classification. The computation of orientation field of a fingerprint can be verified by computing orientation field reliability. The most unreliable portion in orientation field can be the possible location of singular points. In this paper we have proposed a novel algorithm for detecting singular points using reliability of the fingerprint orientation field. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm accurately detects singular points (core and delta) with the detection rate of 92.6 %.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 403-408)
• Pages: 4499-4506
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.403-408.4499
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Ravinder Kumar, Pravin Chandra, M. Hanmandlu
• Keywords: Fingerprint Enhancement, Orientation Field, Orientation Field Reliability, Singular Points, Thinning

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