“Fingerprints” is a leading biometrics company with the main development focus on biometric systems comprising sensors, algorithms, software and packaging technologies. As part of the R&D Organization, the Algorithm development group works on advancing biometric system solutions in terms of security, convenience and performance. In this talk some algorithmic concepts of fingerprint sensing and the authentication process at “Fingerprints” is presented and the main challenges with regards to hardware design and real-time matching are discussed.

This presentation is part of Minisymposium “MS70 - Innovative Challenging Applications in Imaging Sciences (2 parts)”
organized by: Roberto Mecca (University of Bologna and University of Cambridge) , Giulia Scalet (Dept. Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia) , Federica Sciacchitano (Dept. Mathematics, University of Genoa) .

Authors:

Sara Soltani (Fingerprint Cards, R&D Algorithm Development)

Keywords:

biometrics, fingerprint sensing, image enhancement