Patent ID: 8811688

Claim:
A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising: reconstructing a fingerprint image from a series of partial fingerprint images of a finger surface, by: capturing a series of partial fingerprint image sections of a finger surface moving with respect to a partial fingerprint imager; calculating a speed at which the partial fingerprint imager traverses the finger surface; determining if the speed is above a preset fast swipe value; if the speed is above the preset fast swipe value, filling in any gap intermediate partial fingerprint image segments by generating an additional synthetic partial fingerprint image segment by interpolating between partial fingerprint image segments on either side of the gap; if the speed is below the preset fast swipe value, then determining if the speed is below a preset slow swipe value; if the speed is below the preset slow swipe value, detecting any redundant portion of a partial fingerprint image segment; and reconstructing the fingerprint image of the finger surface using the partial fingerprint image segments and inserting any additional synthetic image segment and removing any redundant portion of any partial fingerprint image segment.