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Patent US8238621 - Fingerprint preview quality and segmentation - Google Patents
A ridge flow based fingerprint image quality determination can be achieved independent of image resolution, can be processed in real-time and includes segmentation, such as fingertip segmentation, therefore providing image quality assessment for individual fingertips within a four finger flat, dual thumb,...http://www.google.com/patents/US8238621?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8238621 - Fingerprint preview quality and segmentation
Publication number US8238621 B2
Application number US 13/047,576
Also published as CN101443784A, CN101443784B, CN102592111A, CN102592111B, CN103268469A, CN103268469B, DE602006016178D1, EP2011057A1, EP2011057B1, EP2230627A2, EP2230627A3, US7936907, US8452060, US9031291, US9152843, US9405957, US9626548, US9792483, US20070253605, US20100046812, US20100054553, US20110164793, US20110211740, US20130259331, US20150169935, US20160026849, US20160342825, US20170228578, WO2007123557A1
Publication number 047576, 13047576, US 8238621 B2, US 8238621B2, US-B2-8238621, US8238621 B2, US8238621B2
Inventors James M. Maurer, L. Scott Hills
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U.S. Classification 382/124, 340/5.53, 382/275
Cooperative Classification G06T7/149, G06K9/001, G06K9/0008, G06K9/00067, G06K9/00073, G06T2210/12, G06K9/46, G06K2009/4666, G06K9/036
European Classification G06K9/00A2, G06K9/03Q