Automatic Fingerprint Recognition Systems
Contributors: Nalini Ratha (Editor); Ruud Bolle (Editor)
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 9, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9780387955933
First sentence: The modern history of fingerprint identification begins in the late 19th century with the development of identification bureaus charged with keeping accurate records about individuals indexed, not according to name, but according to some physical attribute.