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Coping with non-linear distortions in fingerprint matching is a real challenging task. This paper proposed a novel method, fuzzy features match (FFM), to match the deformed fingerprints. The fingerprint was represented by the fuzzy features: local triangle features set. The similarity between fuzzy features is used to character the similarity between fingerprints. First, a fuzzy similarity measure for two triangles was introduced. Second, the result is extended to construct a similarity vector which includes the triangle-level similarities for all triangles in two fingerprints. Accordingly, a similarity vector pair is defined to illustrate the similarities between two fingerprints. Finally, the FFM measure maps a similarity vector pair to a scalar quantity, within the real interval [0, 1], which quantifies the overall image to image similarity. To validate the method, fingerprints of FVC2004 were evaluated with the proposed algorithm. Experimental results show that FFM is a reliable and effective algorithm for fingerprint matching with non-liner distortions.
This paper is supported by the Project of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China under Grant No. 60225008, the Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 60332010, the Project for Young Scientists’ Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.60303022, and the Project of Natural Science Foundation of Beijing under Grant No.4052026
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Chen, X., Tian, J., Yang, X. (2005). A Novel Algorithm for Distorted Fingerprint Matching Based on Fuzzy Features Match. In: Kanade, T., Jain, A., Ratha, N.K. (eds) Audio- and Video-Based Biometric Person Authentication. AVBPA 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3546. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11527923_69
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