A review on fingerprint orientation estimation

作者：Hou Zujun^*; Yau Wei Yun; Wang Yue

来源：Security and Communication Networks, 2011, 4(5): 591-599.

DOI：10.1002/sec.209

• fingerprint
• orientation
• local estimation
• structure tensor
• global modeling

Fingerprint orientation plays important roles in fingerprint enhancement, fingerprint classification, and fingerprint recognition. This paper critically reviews the primary advances on fingerprint orientation estimation. Advantages and limitations of existing methods have been addressed. Issues on future development have been discussed.

• 出版日期2011-5