Touchless fingerprint recognition represents a rapidly growing field of research which has
been studied for more than a decade. Through a touchless acquisition process, many issues …

The increasing demand for traveler clearance at international border crossing points (BCPs)
has motivated research for finding more efficient solutions. Automated border control (ABC) …

Contactless 3D fingerprint identification has gained significant attentions in recent years as it
can offer more hygienic, accurate and ubiquitous personal identification. Despite such …

Most fingerprint recognition systems use Level 1 characteristics (ridge flow, orientation, and
frequency) and Level 2 features (minutiae points) to recognize individuals. Level 3 features …

Touchless fingerprint recognition systems do not require contact of the finger with any
acquisition surface and thus provide an increased level of hygiene, usability, and user …

Contactless fingerprint biometrics has achieved rapid development in the past decades
thanks to its inherent advantages, such as no physical contact between a finger and a …

Latent fingerprint has been used as evidence in the court of law for over 100 years.
However, even today, a completely automated latent fingerprint system has not been …

Recent developments enable biometric recognition systems to be available as mobile
solutions or to be even integrated into modern smartphone devices. Thus, smartphone …

The widely used conventional touch-based fingerprint identification system has drawbacks
like the elastic deformation due to nonuniform pressure, fingerprints collection time and …

Biometrics have been used to identify humans since the 19th century. Over time, these
biometrics became 3D. The main reason for this was the growing need for more features in …