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US 2004/0057604 A1Published application
Method of palmprint identification
AssigneeThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
InventorsZhang Dapeng David, Kong Wai-Kin Adams
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Abstract
A method of palmprint identification includes obtaining an image of a portion of an inner surface of a hand of an individual. A sub-image of skin surface within a defined area of the inner surface of the hand of obtained from the image. The sub-image is analyzed to obtain texture data for the skin surface with the defined area. The texture data is compared to reference information in a database.
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A method of biometrics identification including:
- obtaining an image of an area of skin surface from an individual,
- analyzing the image to extract texture features on the area of skin surface, and
- comparing the texture features with reference information in a database.
A method of biometrics identification including:
- obtaining an image of a portion of an inner surface of a hand of an individual,
- obtaining a sub-image of skin surface within a defined area of the inner surface of the hand,
- analyzing the sub-image to obtain texture data for the skin surface, and
- comparing the texture data with reference information in a database.
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