• ETRI Journal
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.179-186
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• 2003

Using biometrics to verify a person's identity has several advantages over the present practices of personal identification numbers (PINs) and passwords. At the same time, improvements in VLSI technology have recently led to the introduction of smart cards with 32-bit RISC processors. To gain maximum security in verification systems using biometrics, verification as well as storage of the biometric pattern must be done in the smart card. However, because of the limited resources (processing power and memory space) of the smart card, integrating biometrics into it is still an open challenge. In this paper, we propose a fingerprint verification algorithm using a multi-resolution accumulator array that can be executed in restricted environments such as the smart card. We first evaluate both the number of instructions executed and the memory requirement for each step of a typical fingerprint verification algorithm. We then develop a memory-efficient algorithm for the most memory-consuming step (alignment) using a multi-resolution accumulator array. Our experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can reduce the required memory space by a factor of 40 and can be executed in real time in resource-constrained environments without significantly degrading accuracy.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.44 no.3 s.357
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• pp.65-71
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• 2007

We propose a pixel-level automatic calibration circuit scheme that initializes a capacitive fingerprint sensor LSI to eliminate the influence of the surface condition and environment, which is degraded by dirt during long-time use, process variation and ambient temperature. The sample chip is fabricated on $0.35{\mu}m$ standard CMOS process. The calibration is executed by optimizing the reference voltage in each pixel to make the sensor signals of all pixels the same. The calibration control circuit is composed of the sensing circuit and charge pumping circuit, and calibrates all pixels in a short time. 16-level gray scale fingerprint images can be captured to increase the accuracy of identification. This confirms that the scheme is effective for capturing consistent clear images during long-time use.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.93-98
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• 2016

A large number of victims or witnesses to incidents and accidents should visit a police station and fill the decree stated. Stated decree workaround discomfort and hygienic problems in unnecessary step process using the fingerprint after you modify the modified portion when due modify the request as of the import or typos recognized that modifications and police in the. Stated decree in the investigation phase when creating KICS and electronic Resources investigation into the identity of the one-touch fingerprint reader linked with the introduction table system and thinning, which can simplify the day of the procedure.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.87-91
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• 2003

In this paper, a rotation invariant fingerprint identification system is implemented using the circular harmonic filter and phase only correlator. We extracted the phase component from input fingerprint image and correlate it with the circular harmonic filter of the reference fingerprint image by POC. The input image is obtained using a prism operating in the internal full reflection mode. Then the input image is transformed to two dimensional Fourier spectrum in optical way and the phase component is extracted using a digital system from the spectrum. Because composed of the optical system and digital algorithm, the proposed system has the advantages of the two technologies such as realtime parallel processing property of the optics and the flexibility of the digital system.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.310-316
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• 2013

Biometric techniques have been widely used for various areas including criminal identification due to their reliability. However, they have some drawbacks when the biometric information is divulged to illegal users. This paper proposed multimodal biometric system using a real fuzzy vault by RN-ECC for protecting fingerprint and face template. This proposed method has some advantages to regenerate a key value compared with face or fingerprint based verification system having non-regenerative nature and to implement advanced biometric verification system by fusion of both fingerprint and face recognition. From the various experiments, we found that the proposed method shows high recognition rates comparing with the conventional methods.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2013.10a
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• pp.719-721
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• 2013

A thinning stage of fingerprint algorithm occupies 39% cycle of microprocessor system for identification processing of image from fingerprint sensor. Hardware block processing is more effective than software one in speed and power consumption, because a thinning algorithm is iteration of simple instructions without a transcendental function. This paper describes an effective hardware scheme for thinning stage processing using Verilog-HDL in $64{\times}64$ Pixel Array. The hardware scheme is designed and simulated in RTL. The logic is also synthesized by XST in FPGA environment and tested. Experimental results show the performance of the proposed scheme and possibility of application for a soft microprocessor and thinning processor embedded fingerprint SoC.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2015

In recent years, ear has emerged as a new biometric trait, because it has advantage of higher user acceptance than fingerprint and can be captured at remote distance in an indoor or outdoor environment. This paper proposes an individual identification method using ear region based on SIFT(shift invariant feature transform). Unlike most of the previous studies using rectangle shape for extracting a region of interest(ROI), this study sets an ROI as a flexible expanded region including ear. It also presents an effective extraction and matching method for SIFT keypoints. Experiments for evaluating the performance of the proposed method were performed on IITD public database. It showed correct identification rate of 98.89%, and it showed 98.44% with a deformed dataset of 20% occlusion. These results show that the proposed method is effective in ear recognition and robust to occlusion.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.29-35
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• 2016

With the pace of rapid innovation in technology of IoT (Internet of Things) and smart devices, biometric technology becomes one of the most progressive industries. Recent trends in biometrics show most are focused on embedding biometric sensors in mobile devices for user authentication. Multifactor biometrics such as fingerprint, retina, voice, etc. are considering as identification system to provide users with services more secured and convenient. Here we, therefore, demonstrate some major technologies and market trends of mobile biometric technology with its concerns and issues.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.55-60
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• 2001

In this paper a new algorithm is introduced to enhance the fingerprint image effectively using fuzzy logic. Our approach is not constrained to a particular image size and scale. It rather handle different conditions of noise and image scale. Ridges are thinned while the image is enhanced along the same orientation as the ridges. The problem of false minutia can be also resolved.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.42-48
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• 1994

Recently pictorial information processing has become increasingly important So, this paper described that feature points of fingerprint used to recognize fingerprints for identification in a government or arresting criminals in an institution like a police station related to crime. We apply an algorithm based on minimization of fuzzy theory to thinning and then the image into a certain size of squares. We have got some information about cores and deltas from the data encoding Into one of the eight directional codes. We could extract about $80\%$ feature points as the result of the experiment.