Accurate 3D fingerprint virtual environment for biometric technology evaluations and experiment design

Abstract

Abstract-Three-dimensional models of fingerprints obtained from contactless acquisitions have the advantages of reducing the distortion present in traditional contact-based samples and the effects of dirt on the finger and the sensor surface. Moreover, they permit to use a greater area for the biometric recognition.The design and test of three-dimensional reconstruction algorithms and contactless recognition methods require the collection of large databases. Since this task can be expensive and timeconsuming, some methods in the literature deal with the generation of synthetic biometric samples. At the best of our knowledge, however, there is only a preliminary study on the computation of small areas of synthetic three-dimensional fingerprints.In this paper, we extend our previous work and describe a virtual environment for the generation of complete threedimensional fingertip shapes, which can be useful for the research community working in the field of three-dimensional fingerprint biometrics. The method is based on image processing techniques and algorithms designed for biometric recognition. We validated the realism of the simulated models by comparing them with real contactless acquisitions. Results show that the method is feasible and produces realistic three-dimensional samples which can effectively be processed by biometric recognition algorithms.

Automated Border Control Systems: Biometric Challenges and Research Trends

“…-Less-constrained recognition could increase the usability and social acceptance of biometric systems [70]. In fact, since they allow a touchless recognition, it would be possible to perform the biometric verification at higher distances, with natural light conditions, and while the traveler is moving, by using the fingerprint [34,35,41,33,30,29,26,39,25,32], the palm [59], or the iris [70,42,27,76,75,37]. A study showed that touchless fingerprint technologies would be preferred over touch-based systems [35], thus allowing for an increased confidence and adoption of biometric recognition [43].…”