Contactless 3D fingerprint identification without 3D reconstruction

Qian Zheng, Ajay Kumar Pathak, Gang Pan

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Abstract

Recovery of 3D fingerprint data using photometric stereo generates 3D surface normal and albedo, which forms rich 3D fingerprint surface information. These surface normal's are further subjected to the reconstruction process, which integrates the surface normal to generate depth data. Since the source of depth information is essentially the surface normal, it is prudent to examine if this source information can itself be used for 3D fingerprint identification. In addition to avoiding the errors introduced by well-known integrability problem, such an approach can also enable significantly faster identification as the 3D reconstruction is the most computationally complex operation before the template matching. This paper investigates such an approach for 3D fingerprint identification using recovered surface normal and albedo information. We use publicly available 3D fingerprint database from 240 clients for the performance evaluation. The experimental results presented in this paper are highly promising, validates our approach, and indicate promises from matching contactless 3D fingerprints without the 3D surface reconstruction.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIWBF 2018 - Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication2018 6th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538613665
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jun 2018
Event6th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics, IWBF 2018 - Sassari, Italy
Duration: 7 Jun 20188 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameIWBF 2018 - Proceedings: 2018 6th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics

Conference

Conference6th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics, IWBF 2018
Country/TerritoryItaly
CitySassari
Period7/06/188/06/18

Keywords

  • 3D fingerprint identification
  • 3D fingerprint reconstruction
  • Biometrics
  • Contactless fingerprint matching

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Health Informatics

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