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Effect of elastic deformation registration in fingerprint identification

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Many modern pattern recognition methods depend on having an algorithm for direct pixelwise matching of two images, and such algorithms cannot be developed unless one knows the nature of imaged objects. To solve the problem of pixelwise matching of two impressions of one fingertip, we employ methods that derive from the theory of elastic deformations. The proposed approach is based on numerical solution of PDEs describing elastic body mechanics. The recognition statistics obtained on standard fingerprint datasets show roughly a twofold reduction of the false rejection rate for constant values of false acceptance rate, when the method of direct alignment is used.

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  1. Institute for Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 44/2, Moscow, 119333, Russia

    S. O. Novikov & O. S. Ushmaev

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The methods for ED registration were developed under a contract with the Biolink Technologies Inc. The study of general models of identification via direct matching was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 04-01-00270.

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Novikov, S.O., Ushmaev, O.S. Effect of elastic deformation registration in fingerprint identification. Pattern Recognit. Image Anal. 16, 15–18 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054661806010056

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