PICTORIAL PATTERN RECOGNITION - AUTOMATIC INTERPRETATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF FINGERPRINTS

• NCJ Number: 1956
• Author(s): J T TOU
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 109 pages
• Grant Number(s): NONR 495/29
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of the Navy
• Corporate Author: Ohio State University
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN APPROACH FOR AUTOMATIC INTERPRETATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF PICTORIAL PATTERNS WHICH CAN BE ADEQUATELY CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR INTENSITY BOUNDARIES.

Abstract

A SPECIFIC SCHEME IS DEVELOPED FOR APPLICATION TO SINGLE FINGERPRINTS, WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY SUITABLE PATTERNS IN THAT THEY CAN BE CHARACTERIZED AS LINE PATTERNS WITH VERY RICH TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND ESSENTIALLY NO OTHER MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES. THE REPORT IS ORGANIZED IN TWO INDEPENDENT PARTS. PART I PRESENTS THE FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS FOR PICTORIAL PATTERN PROCESSING WHILE PART II TREATS, IN DEPTH, SINGLE FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) 64 REFERENCES