Patent ID: 8929617
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for searching a database comprising data related to a plurality of fingerprints, the method comprising: identifying at least two minutiae points in an image of an unknown fingerprint; generating a plurality of properties wherein each property of the plurality of properties is based on a relation between the at least two minutiae points; assigning a number comprising a plurality of digits to each of the plurality of properties, wherein the assigning comprises assigning a number comprising a plurality of bits to each of the plurality of properties; grouping the plurality of properties into a plurality of subsets of properties; generating a plurality of numeric representations of the unknown fingerprint based on the plurality of subsets of properties; using the plurality of numeric representations as search arguments when searching the database; wherein each of the plurality of numeric representations is generated by at least partly interleaving the plurality of digits; and wherein the assigning comprises assigning a respective binary number a