Author(s)

Kumar Attangudi Perichiappan Perichappan, Sreenivas Sasubilli

Regional Development Center, KPMG, Roseland, NJ, USA.

Fingerprints are an extraordinary source for recognizable proof of people. Unique finger impression acknowledgment is one of the most seasoned types of biometric identification. However, getting a decent unique finger impression picture isn’t that simple. So we must process unique finger impression picture before coordinating. A crucial advance in measurements of fingerprint minutiae is to obtain minutiae from the finger impression pictures dependably. However, fingerprint images are occasionally of perfect quality. They might be debased and defiled because of varieties in skin and impression conditions. Along these lines, image enhancement strategies utilize other details extraction to acquire a more reliable estimation of minutiae areas. The primary objective of this research work is to introduce a superior and improved unique fingerprint image. We studied the elements identifying with getting elite component focuses detection algorithm, for example, picture quality, segmentation, picture upgrade and highlight recognition. Usually utilized features for enhancing unique finger impression picture quality are Fourier spectrum energy, Sobel filter energy, and local orientation. Precise segmentation of unique finger impression edges from a broad foundation is vital. For productive improvement and feature extraction algorithms, we zero the commotion in segmented features. As a pre-processing method, we need to perform comprising of field introduction, ridge frequency estimation, Sobel filtering, division. Then connect the resulting picture to a thinning algorithm and consequent minutiae extraction. After resultant extraction of these minutiae focuses, we will utilize the picture with focuses for coordinating or finding the offenders and also for other security issues. The procedure of image pre-processing and minutiae extraction is explored. The simulations are performed in the MATLAB environment to assess the execution of the implemented algorithm.

AFAS (Automatic Fingerprint Authentication System), Fingerprint Image Pre-Processing, Minutiae Extraction, Fingerprint Ridge Thinning, Minutiae

Perichappan, K. and Sasubilli, S. (2017) Accurate Fingerprint Enhancement and Identification Using Minutiae Extraction. Journal of Computer and Communications, 5, 28-38. doi: 10.4236/jcc.2017.514003.