JOURNAL ARTICLE

Fingerprint Matching

Anil K. JainJianjiang FengKarthik Nandakumar

Year: 2010 Journal:   Computer Vol: 43 (2)Pages: 36-44   Publisher: IEEE Computer Society

Abstract

Fingerprint matching has been successfully used by law enforcement for more than a century. The technology is now finding many other applications such as identity management and access control. The authors describe an automated fingerprint recognition system and identify key challenges and research opportunities in the field.

Keywords:
Computer science Fingerprint (computing) Fingerprint recognition Matching (statistics) Field (mathematics) Biometrics Key (lock) Identity (music) Law enforcement Artificial intelligence Computer security Law

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FWCI (Field Weighted Citation Impact)
6
Refs
0.99
Citation Normalized Percentile
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Citation History

Topics

Biometric Identification and Security
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Signal Processing
User Authentication and Security Systems
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Information Systems
Handwritten Text Recognition Techniques
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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