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Yao Yi¹, Liangcai Cao, Wei Guo

¹State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.

|August 14, 2013

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This study introduces a robust optical fingerprint recognition system using holographic data storage. The novel approach accurately identifies fingerprints despite translation, rotation, and distortion, enhancing security applications.

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Biometrics and Pattern Recognition
Information Storage

Background:

Traditional fingerprint recognition systems face challenges with image distortions like translation, rotation, and nonlinear variations.
Developing robust and accurate biometric identification methods is crucial for security and forensic applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose and demonstrate a parallel volume holographic optical fingerprint recognition system.
To achieve high robustness against common fingerprint distortions using optical methods.

Main Methods:

Encoding fingerprints into multiple template data pages using a local minutiae structure coding method adapted for optical channels.
Utilizing multiplexed holograms recorded in holographic media for optical filtering and similarity measurement.
Implementing an improved filter recording time schedule and post-filtering calibration to minimize errors.

Main Results:

The system demonstrated robustness against fingerprint translation, rotation, and nonlinear distortion.
Experimental validation on the FVC2002 DB1 and a large forensic database (270,216 fingerprints) confirmed system feasibility.
The proposed methods effectively suppressed calculation errors caused by variations in data page filling ratios.

Conclusions:

The developed volume holographic optical system offers a robust and feasible solution for fingerprint recognition.
The integration of advanced holographic techniques and data processing shows significant potential for biometric security.