Method for combining fingerprint templates representing various sensed areas of a fingerprint to derive one fingerprint template representing the fingerprint
US6546122B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/1365
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for combining two templates. A first template having a first minutia set and a second template having a second minutia set are provided. The first template is compared with the second template to obtain a matching minutia set. Registration parameters are calculated from the matching minutia set. The registration parameters can be referenced to either the first minutia set or the second minutia set. All minutiae in the first or the second minutia set are translated to be on the same coordinate system as the other minutia set. The minutia sets are then combined to construct a combined minutia set. In one embodiment, an overlap region is drawn for the first template and the second template, the overlap region containing at least minutiae from the matching minutia set. The combined minutia set is constructed from the matching minutiae in the first or the second template, minutiae in the first minutia set that are not in the matching minutia set, and minutiae in the second minutia set that are not in the matching minutia set. In another embodiment, minutiae in the overlap region but not part of the matching minutia set are discarded.
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