1. Fingerprint Recognition Professor Ostrovsky Andrew Ackerman

2. The Idea Including Region information in minutiae matching Including Region information in minutiae matching Reduces amount of matches need Reduces amount of matches need Can help better identify matches Can help better identify matches Also, idea of Fingerprint of Fingerprint Also, idea of Fingerprint of Fingerprint Run X amount of binary tests on a fingerprint and return a vector of size X. This binary vector would identify the finger print Run X amount of binary tests on a fingerprint and return a vector of size X. This binary vector would identify the finger print Matching prints would have similar vectors (hamming distance) Matching prints would have similar vectors (hamming distance) Tests could include information about minutiae as well as regions Tests could include information about minutiae as well as regions

3. Current State Rejected Idea of Topological Equivalence (for now). Rejected Idea of Topological Equivalence (for now). Code Written for Region Detection Code Written for Region Detection Code Written for Fingerprint Thinning Code Written for Fingerprint Thinning Multi Fingerprints Received Multi Fingerprints Received Though no Partial prints Though no Partial prints Spring Break Checklist Spring Break Checklist Edge Enhancement code Edge Enhancement code Binarization Code Binarization Code

4. Code So Far Thinning code Thinning code Code to take in a binary object and “thin” it. Code to take in a binary object and “thin” it. However, still bugs in code as well as “spurious” minutiae (minutiae created in thinning process) However, still bugs in code as well as “spurious” minutiae (minutiae created in thinning process)

5. Region Detection Code Works in O(n*m) – small constant in front Works in O(n*m) – small constant in front Colors in regions Colors in regions

6. To do Spring Quarter Test idea against database of fingerprints Test idea against database of fingerprints Idea: Number of regions between matching minutiae will be similar Idea: Number of regions between matching minutiae will be similar Write up results of Test Write up results of Test If time: If time: Explore idea of fingerprint of fingerprint Explore idea of fingerprint of fingerprint See if idea works for partial prints See if idea works for partial prints

7. Assessment of Work In all I think a good deal of work was done towards the project. Its seems most of the time was spent coming up with a novel idea that could be tested. I feel this project can easily be wrapped up by the end of spring quarter with a paper on the findings when including regions into the minutiae matching model of fingerprint recognition. In all I think a good deal of work was done towards the project. Its seems most of the time was spent coming up with a novel idea that could be tested. I feel this project can easily be wrapped up by the end of spring quarter with a paper on the findings when including regions into the minutiae matching model of fingerprint recognition.