• ETRI Journal
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.444-452
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• 2006

Biometric-based authentication can provide a strong security guarantee of the identity of users. However, the security of biometric data is particularly important as any compromise of the biometric data will be permanent. In this paper, we propose a secure and efficient protocol to transmit fingerprint images from a fingerprint sensor to a client by exploiting the characteristics of the fingerprint images. Because the fingerprint sensor is computationally limited, a standard encryption algorithm may not be applied to the full fingerprint images in real-time to guarantee the integrity and confidentiality of the fingerprint images transmitted. To reduce the computational workload on the resource-constrained sensor, we apply the encryption algorithm to a nonce for integrity and to a specific bitplane of each pixel of the fingerprint image for confidentiality. Experimental results show that the integrity and confidentiality of the fingerprint images can be guaranteed without any leakage of the fingerprint ridge information and can be completed in real-time on embedded processors.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.65-71
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• 2017

Fingerprints are increasingly used for user authentication in small devices such as mobile phones. Therefore, it is important for Fingerprint authentication systems in personal devices to protect the user's fingerprint information while performing efficiently with a lightweight matching algorithm. In this paper, we propose a new method to extract strong minutiae with unique numbers from fingerprint images. Strong minutiae are at all times obtained from fingerprint images, and can be useful for secure and rapid fingerprint authentication. The binary information of strong minutiae of a fingerprint can be transformed securely and can create cancelable fingerprint templates. Also the bit-strings of strong minutiae decrease computing time necessary for the matching procedure between two fingerprints due to the simplicity of bitwise operations. First, we enroll several fingerprints images of a finger. From these images we select a reference fingerprint and put a number on each minutia. Following this procedure, we search for mated-minutiae between the reference fingerprint and other fingerprints one by one. Finally we derive unique numbers of strong minutiae of the finger. In the experiment with the FVC2004 fingerprint database, we show that using the proposed method, strong minutiae can be extracted successfully.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.108-113
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• 2007

지문영상 분류는 특징을 이용하여 여러 가지 유형의 지문영상으로 분류하는 것으로, 지문영상 자동인식시스팀에서 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는, 지문영상의 한 점에서의 방향척도를 제안하였다. 이 방향척도는 지문영상의 방향장 영상에서 융선 방향의 변화경로를 상술하는 것으로 지문영상의 각각의 점에 대하여 제안된 방향척도를 계산한다. 제안한 알고리즘을 이용하여 지문영상을 특징점(핵심점과 삼각점)을 정의한 후 유형별로 분류하였다. 또한 개선된 Poincare 지수 알고리즘도 제안하여 핵심점과 삼각점을 구분하였다. 102개의 지문영상 실험 데이터에 대한 분류에러는 7.8%로서 문헌[9]의 분류오차 12.4%보다 좋은 실험결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 제안한 방법은 온라인 지문영상 분류에도 사용가능 할 것으로 생각한다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.10-19
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• 2003

현재 상용화된 지문인식 시스템은 지문 입력기를 구동하는데 필요한 함수가 표준화 되어있지 않기 때문에 입력기 사이의 호환이 불가능하다. 본 연구의 목적은 지문인식 시스템이 대중화됨에 따라 앞으로 지문인식 시장에서 수요가 예상되는 다양한 지문 입력기 사이의 지문인식이 가능한 시스템의 개발이다. 본 논문에서는 광학식, 반도체식, 열감지 방식의 지문 입력기를 대상으로 하여 지문인식 시스템을 설계 구현하였으며, 융선 개수 정보의 추출 방법과 융선 개수 정보를 이용한 정합 방법을 제안하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.887-893
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a new approach to extract directional features based on directional patterns of each region in fingerprint images. The proposed approach computes the center of gravity to extract features from fingerprint images of various shapes. According to it, we divide a fingerprint image into four regions and compute the directional values of each region. To extract directional features of each region from a fingerprint image, we spilt direction values of ridges in a region into 18 classes and compute frequency distribution of each region. Through the result of our experiment using FVC2002 DB database acquired by electronic devices, we show that directional features are effectively extracted from various fingerprint images of exceptional inputs which lost all or part of singularities. To verify the performance of the proposed approach, we explained the process to model Arch, Left, Right and Whorl class using the extracted directional features of four regions and analyzed the classification result.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2022

In deep learning classification tasks, most models frequently assume that all labels are available for the training datasets. As such strategies to learn new concepts from unlabeled datasets are scarce. In fingerprint classification tasks, most of the fingerprint datasets are labelled using the subject/individual and fingerprint datasets labelled with finger type classes are scarce. In this paper, authors have developed approaches of classifying fingerprint images using the majorly known fingerprint classes. Our study provides a flexible method to learn new classes of fingerprints. Our classifier model combines both the clustering technique and use of deep learning to cluster and hence label the fingerprint images into appropriate classes. The K means clustering strategy explores the label uncertainty and high-density regions from unlabeled data to be clustered. Using similarity index, five clusters are created. Deep learning is then used to train a model using a publicly known fingerprint dataset with known finger class types. A prediction technique is then employed to predict the classes of the clusters from the trained model. Our proposed model is better and has less computational costs in learning new classes and hence significantly saving on labelling costs of fingerprint images.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.163-177
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• 2024

The fingerprint image quality relies on the clearness of separated ridges by valleys and the uniformity of the separation. The condition of skin still dominate the overall quality of the fingerprint. However, the identification performance of such system is very sensitive to the quality of the captured fingerprint image. Fingerprint image quality analysis and enhancement are useful in improving the performance of fingerprint identification systems. A fuzzy technique is introduced in this paper for both fingerprint image quality analysis and enhancement. First, the quality analysis is performed by extracting four features from a fingerprint image which are the local clarity score (LCS), global clarity score (GCS), ridge_valley thickness ratio (RVTR), and the Global Contrast Factor (GCF). A fuzzy logic technique that uses Mamdani fuzzy rule model is designed. The fuzzy inference system is able to analyse and determinate the fingerprint image type (oily, dry or neutral) based on the extracted feature values and the fuzzy inference rules. The percentages of the test fuzzy inference system for each type is as follow: For dry fingerprint the percentage is 81.33, for oily the percentage is 54.75, and for neutral the percentage is 68.48. Secondly, a fuzzy morphology is applied to enhance the dry and oily fingerprint images. The fuzzy morphology method improves the quality of a fingerprint image, thus improving the performance of the fingerprint identification system significantly. All experimental work which was done for both quality analysis and image enhancement was done using the DB_ITS_2009 database which is a private database collected by the department of electrical engineering, institute of technology Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya, Indonesia. The performance evaluation was done using the Feature Similarity index (FSIM). Where the FSIM is an image quality assessment (IQA) metric, which uses computational models to measure the image quality consistently with subjective evaluations. The new proposed system outperformed the classical system by 900% for the dry fingerprint images and 14% for the oily fingerprint images.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.442-448
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• 2009

This paper proposes a fingerprint image processing algorithm to accurately extract minutiae in the process of fingerprint recognition. We improved the matching accuracy of low quality fingerprint images by using effective ridge vector and ridge probability. The proposed algorithm improves the clarity of ridge structures and reduces undesired noise. We collected thumb print images from 10 individuals 5 separate times each, in total using 50 thumbprints. We registered one of the five thumbprint images from each individual to match the registered one with the other four thumbprint images, and alternated the registered thumbprint image. We matched thumbprints 20 times for each individual. In total, we conducted 200 matches for the thumbprints from the 10 individuals. We improved the verification accuracy and reliability compared to conventional methods.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 지문 인식에 있어서 정확한 특징점 추출이 가능하도록 지문 이미지의 전처리를 개선하는 새로운 방법을 제안하였다. 지문 이미지는 자동 지문인증 시스템의 인증률 향상에 가장 중요한 요소이다. 본 논문에서는 방향지향성 필터에 기초한 새로운 전처리 알고리즘을 적용하여 지문 이미지의 유효 융선 벡터와 융선 확률을 이용하여 품질이 낮은 지문 이미지를 지문인식에 더 적합하도록 품질을 항상시켰다. 품질이 좋지 않은 지문 이미지는 융선 구조가 불명확하고, 융선 사이에 잡음 점들이 많이 포함되어 있기 때문에 제안된 지문 이미지 향상 알고리즘을 통해서 그 잡음이 제거되고 융선이 더 선명하게 추정되었다. 이로 인하여 융선의 지역적 방향과 주파수를 더 정확히 추출 할 수 있다. 이 결과는 지문인식의 후처리 알고리즘에서 특징점을 정확하게 추출 할 수 있게해준다. 아울러 가짜 특징점이 생길 확률이 낮아지므로 이를 제거 할 때 함께 없어지는 진짜 특징점 수도 감소 시켜 준다. 두 가지 방법으로 이루어진 실험에서는 반도체 지문센서로부터 얻어진 이미지를 이용한 인증률 테스트의 향상도 측정방법과, IEEE 공인인증 데이터베이스인 FVC2002 DB3 지문이미지 데이터를 이용하여 기존의 알고리즘과 제안된 알고리즘의 인증률을 측정하였다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2007년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.377-378
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• 2007

This paper proposes an system to generate rolled-equivalent fingerprints by mosaicking sequential images captured by an toothless device. To capture rolled-equivalent fingerprints, previous works use multiple cameras. However, the method in this paper captures sequential fingerprint images with a single camera and mosaic the images by estimating the transform between images through optical flow.