Patent ID: 8194943
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method of automatically recognizing fingerprints, the method comprising: establishing a database, wherein establishing the database includes digitizing images of fingerprints of individuals, detecting corresponding minutiae, selecting discriminating minutiae, and storing characteristic parameters of the selected minutiae; digitizing fingerprints of an individual for comparison; detecting minutiae of the fingerprints of an individual for comparison; storing characteristic parameters of the fingerprints of an individual for comparison, wherein characteristic parameters include at least the spectra of the selected discriminating minutiae; comparing characteristic parameters of the fingerprints of an individual for comparison with those stored in the database; deducing a score based on the comparison of the parameters characteristic of the prints of the individual with the corresponding parameters of the prints in the database; and determining whether a match has been made based on the score.