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US 2001/0040987 A1Published application
Fingerprint recognition system
AssigneeDigital Persona, Inc.
InventorsVANCE C. BJORN, SERGE J. BELONGIE
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for fingerprint recognition is provided. A fingerprint is detected on a sensor. The fingerprint is digitized. A digitized background is subtracted from the fingerprint, resulting in a difference print. The difference print is matched with a database of fingerprint templates.
Claims3
A method of recognizing a fingerprint comprising:
- detecting the fingerprint;
- digitizing the fingerprint;
- subtracting a digitized background from the fingerprint, resulting in a difference print;
- identifying an individual associated with the difference print.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.