Fingerprints, long one of the most widely accepted biometric identifiers, are unique and permanent. Their images, formed of multiple curve segments, comprise high areas called ridges and low areas ...

Now that they're in smartphones, fingerprint scanners seem to be everywhere, but what's really going on behind the scenes when they're scanned?

Photo: Warwick Warp BioLog equipment in use on a Coventry building site by Simon Catchpole, steel erector. (University of Warwick) Technology developed by the University of Warwick that can identify ...

It is a method of identification based on the different patterns of human fingers. Fingerprint Identification is know as dactyloscopy or hand print identification. One of the advantages fingerprint ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Police Department's (IPD) recently enhanced its fingerprint identification system by integrating palmprint matching technology. The expanded system, which integrates ...

HONG KONG - The research team of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a system for three-dimensional (3D) fingerprint identification by adopting ground breaking 3D fingerprint ...

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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) has concluded a $6.89 million replacement for the state’s fingerprint identification system. KBI officials said the replacement is for the ...

The state’s fingerprint identification system is on the brink of becoming obsolete. Chief Information Officer for the KBI Joe Mandala recently testified that it could pose a significant risk to law ...