Title :
A topological model for fingerprint image analysis
Author :
Hou, Z. ; Lam, H.K. ; Li, J. ; Wang, H.L. ; Chen, L. T P ; Yau, W.Y.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore
Abstract :
Many problems in fingerprint recognition are closely related to a branch of mathematics, the topology. This paper presents a topological model for fingerprint characterization and illustrates its potential application to fingerprint orientation analysis, fingerprint singular point detection and fingerprint classification. A few examples for the potential applications are presented in this paper.
Keywords :
fingerprint identification; image classification; topology; fingerprint characterization; fingerprint classification; fingerprint image analysis; fingerprint orientation analysis; fingerprint recognition; fingerprint singular point detection; topological model; Bifurcation; Circuit topology; Computer vision; Feature extraction; Fingerprint recognition; Geometry; Image analysis; Image matching; Mathematics; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics and Applications, 2008. ICIEA 2008. 3rd IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1717-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1718-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICIEA.2008.4582891
