Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition

• Main Authors: Maltoni, Davide (Author), Maio, Dario (Author), Jain, Anil K. (Author), Prabhakar, Salil (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003.
• Series: Springer Professional Computing
• Subjects: Computer science.; Biotechnology.; Computer security.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer graphics.; Image processing.; Pattern recognition.; Computer Science.; Systems and Data Security.; Pattern Recognition.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Computer Graphics.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.

Overview Biometric recognition refers to the use of distinctive physiological and behavioral character- tics (e. g. , fingerprints, face, hang geometry, iris, gait, signature), called biometric identifiers or simply biometrics, for automatically recognizing a person. Questions such as “Is this perso...

Table of Contents:

• Fingerprint Sensing
• Fingerprint Analysis and Representation
• Fingerprint Matching
• Fingerprint Classification and Indexing
• Synthetic Fingerprint Generation
• Multimodal Biometric Systems
• Fingerprint Individuality
• Securing Fingerprint Systems.