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Applied Optics
|August 20, 2010
Abstract:
Access to security spaces and the verification of credit cards require, ideally, a simple and inexpensive system that combines accuracy with a high resistance to compromise. We have been investigating such a system. This system incorporates a novel fingerprint input arrangement that permits the use of optical pattern recognition for fingerprint verification in real time. Test results together with design considerations are reported.
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