Fingerprint Verification

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“Fingerprint Verification ”
Presented
By
MHESWAR DALAI Roll No. #CS200127358

Under the guidance of

Dr. S. K. Meher
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Introduction
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 Fingerprint verification is the most widely used and

developed of the technologies.
 There are three technologies used to get good images and
these are Optical, Silicon, and Ultrasound.
 Biometrics, the measurement of a unique physical
characteristic, is an ideal solution to the problem of digital
identification.
 The biometrics available, including face, iris and retina
scanning, voice identification, and others.

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History of Fingerprint
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• Pre-history picture writing found in Nova Scotia shows a hand

with ridge patterns.
• An ancient China thumbprints were used on clay seals to prove
identity in financial transactions
• 1686 Marcello Malpighi, a professor of anatomy at the University
of Bologna, wrote about ridges, loops, and spirals in fingerprints
• 1823 Processor Purkinji from the University of Breslau described
nine basic fingerprint patterns. These pattern descriptors are still
used today.

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Basics of Fingerprint Verification

• Ridges
• Fingerprint Identification Terminology
• Minutia Points
• Global Versus Local Features
Basic Ridge Patterns
Pattern Area
Core Area
Delta
Type Lines

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Hardware Architecture

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Hardware Details
It’s working is as such:
 The finger contacts the thin, light-emitting TactileSense polymer.
 TactileSense creates an illuminated image.
 A photodiode array embedded in the glass detects the illumination.
 The image is translated into digital format by the electronics
embedded into the glass.
 Image data is transmitted to the device hosting the fingerprint
security application for enrollment or verification.

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Software Architecture
User Application
Development

API Layer

Ethentica SDK API

Device Driver

Fingerprint module
Hardware (T_FPM)

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Steps of Fingerprint Verification

Stored Storage
Fingerprint
template

Imaging Extraction

Finger fingerprint fingerprint Match

Extraction
Image Algorithm
Algorithm
sensor compare
image

Match ok
Or
No Match

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Benefits of the New Technology

 Reduced Size
 Design Flexibility
 Lower Power Consumption
 Lower Cost/Long-Term Cost Efficiencies
 Reliability
 Durability/Decreased Risk of Failure

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Development Tools
Hardware

T-FPM Fingerprint Sensor, Mechanical and Electrical Design Specifications

Platform Support
Windows95, Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000 Drivers.
Tool Kit
Softaware development tools include:
1. Raw fingerprint image data acquisition

2. Device initialization
3. Verification/ authentication of fingerprints.

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Advantages
• Each and every one of our ten fingerprints is unique, different
from another and from those of every other person. Even
identical twines have unique fingerprints.
• Unlike passwords, PIN codes, and smartcards that we depend
upon today for identification, our fingerprints are impossible to
lose or forge, and they can never be stolen.
• We have ten fingerprints as opposed to one voice, one face or
two eyes.
• Fingerprints have been used for centuries for identification, and
we have a substantial body of real world data upon which to
base our claim of the uniqueness of each fingerprint. Iris
scanning, for instance, is an entirely new science for which there
is little or no real world data.

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Conclusion
• Fingerprint verification method is the most popular method among all
the biometrics methods for identification/verification of a person. For
many companies, fingerprint verification system are the perfect
answer to the expensive and time-consuming problems of fraud, theft,
and access control
• Technical and financial consideration aside, biometrics facial can
pose a significant cultural challenge and introducing fingerprint
scanners desktop or a recognition entry system has to be done
sensitively

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Thank U…

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