This manuscript proposes a move towards the secondary level of fingerprint classification. This is done in order to further penetrate a fingerprint template database, and further reduce it to smaller partitions for efficient execution of the database search procedure. This is done through taking advantage of the extensibility of a structural fingerprint classifier when used on slapped, as opposed to rolled, fingerprints. The said classifier first orders a fingerprint into one of four primary fingerprint classes and, thereafter, into one of eight secondary fingerprint classes. Evaluated on the CSIR-Wits Fingerprint Database (CWFD), the primary classification module registers an accuracy figure of 80.4%, and the secondary classification module registers an accuracy figure of 76.8%. This small difference between the two figures is indicative of the validity of the proposed secondary classification module.
Reference:
Msiza, IS, Mistry, J and Nelwamondo, FV. 2011. Towards secondary fingerprint classification. International Conference on Computer Engineering and Applications (ICCEA). Haikou, China, 15-17 July 2011
Msiza, I., Mistry, J., & Nelwamondo, F. V. (2011). Towards secondary fingerprint classification. InTech. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5152
Msiza, IS, J Mistry, and Fulufhelo V Nelwamondo. "Towards secondary fingerprint classification." (2011): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5152
Msiza I, Mistry J, Nelwamondo FV, Towards secondary fingerprint classification; InTech; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5152 .