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MANUAL AND AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT REGISTRATION

NCJ Number
25247
Author(s)
J H WEGSTEIN
Date Published
1972
Length
26 pages
Annotation
A METHOD IS DESCRIBED FOR MANUALLY POSITIONING A FINGERPRINT SO THAT MANUALLY READ MINUTIAE DATA CAN BE SEARCHED BY COMPUTER AGAINST A FILE OF FINGERPRINT DATA THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY READ BY MACHINE.
Abstract
A PROCEDURE IS ALSO DESCRIBED WHEREBY A COMPUTER CAN UTILIZE MACHINE-READ RIDGE-DIRECTION DATA IN MANIPULATING MINUTIAE DATA TO EFFECT A REGISTRATION OF THE FINGERPRINT PRIOR TO FILING ITS MINUTIAE DATA.