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  • Forensic Science
  • Pattern Analysis
  • Biometrics

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  • Fingermark analysis is crucial for forensic investigations.
  • Evaluating the activity level of fingermarks aids in reconstructing events.
  • Distinguishing between similar activities based on touch traces remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a method for evaluating fingermark locations on 2D objects.
  • To determine if fingermark patterns can differentiate between 'smothering' and 'changing a pillowcase' activities.
  • To assess the efficacy of a computational model in classifying activities based on fingermark distribution.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted an experiment involving participants performing 'smothering' and 'changing a pillowcase' activities with paint on their hands.
  • Photographed pillowcases used in the experiment and converted them into grid representations.
  • Utilized a binary classification model analyzing the distance between grid representations to classify activities.

Main Results:

  • The binary classification model achieved a 98.8% accuracy in distinguishing between 'smothering' and 'changing a pillowcase' activities.
  • Fingermark locations on pillowcases provided sufficient discriminatory information to separate the two activities effectively.
  • The model demonstrated a strong ability to classify pillowcases based on the spatial distribution of fingermarks.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed method for analyzing fingermark locations on 2D objects is highly effective for activity-level evaluation.
  • Fingermark patterns can serve as reliable indicators to differentiate between distinct physical activities.
  • This technique has broad applicability to various 2D items where activity-specific fingermark distributions are expected.