• DocumentCode
    2436836
  • Title

    A structural approach to fingerprint classification

  • Author

    Maio, Dario ; Maltoni, Davide

  • Author_Institution
    Bologna Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    25-29 Aug 1996
  • Firstpage
    578
  • Abstract
    A new structural approach to the fingerprint classification problem is presented. The fingerprint directional image is segmented in regions by minimizing the variance of the element directions within the regions. From the segmentation of the directional image a relational graph compactly summarising the macro-structure of the fingerprint is derived. Inexact graph matching techniques can be adopted to compare the obtained graph with the model graphs in order to classify the fingerprint, according to a given classification scheme
  • Keywords
    fingerprint identification; graph theory; image classification; image matching; image segmentation; fingerprint classification; fingerprint directional image; inexact graph matching techniques; macro-structure; relational graph; structural approach; Databases; Electronic mail; Fingerprint recognition; Image segmentation; Information retrieval; International collaboration; Laboratories; NIST; Neural networks; Shape measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pattern Recognition, 1996., Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • ISSN
    1051-4651
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-7282-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICPR.1996.547013
  • Filename
    547013