Week 5 Fingerprint Recognition Progress

Sources were used to find working algorithms to detect minutiae, patterns on fingerprints that are present in all fingerprints, differing in location on the print. Minutiae were extracted through a built in MATLAB algorithm that searches for designated patterns. Using thinned binary images of fingerprints, creating the patterns to look for was simple. 3x3 matrices including the search patterns were created and utilized in the search process. Once found, the minutiae were displayed on a figure, showing their relative locations.