Contactless 3D Fingerprint Identification, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Series

This important text/reference presents the first dedicated review of techniques for contactless 3D fingerprint identification, including novel and previously unpublished research. The text provides a systematic introduction to 3D fingerprint identification, covering the latest advancements in contactless 2D and 3D sensing technologies, and detailed discussions on each key aspect in the development of an effective 3D fingerprint identification system.

Topics and features: introduces the key concepts and trends in the acquisition and identification of fingerprint images, and a range of 3D fingerprint imaging techniques; proposes a low-cost method for online 3D fingerprint image acquisition, and an efficient 3D fingerprint imaging approach using coloured photometric stereo; describes pre-processing operations on point cloud 3D fingerprint data, and explains the specialized operations for reconstructing 3D fingerprints from live finger scans; examines the representation of minutiae in 3D space, providing details on recovering these features from point cloud data, and on matching such 3D minutiae templates; reviews various 3D fingerprint matching methods, including binary surface code-based approaches and a tetrahedron-based matching approach; discusses the uniqueness of 3D fingerprints, evaluating the benefits of employing 3D fingerprint identification over conventional 2D fingerprint techniques.

Introduction to Trends in Fingerprint Identification

3D Fingerprint Image Acquisition Methods

Contactless and Live 3D Fingerprint Imaging

3D Fingerprint Acquisition Using Colored Photometric Stereo

3D Fingerprint Image Preprocessing and Enhancement

Representation, Recovery and Matching of 3D Minutiae Template

Other Methods of 3D Fingerprint Matching

Individuality of 3D Fingerprints

Dr. Ajay Kumar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has previously served as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi. He is a Fellow of IEEE and IAPR. His other publications include the Springer title Deep Learning for Biometrics.

The first dedicated book on contactless 3D fingerprint identification

Presents a special chapter on contactless 2D/3D to contact-based 2D or conventional fingerprint matching

Includes a tutorial explanation on recovering and matching the most popular minutiae features in 3D space