• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.10d
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• pp.460-462
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• 2002

본 논문은 융선 방향의 화소값 변화와 융선의 수직 방향 화소값 변화의 차이를 이용하여 지문영상의 부영역 화질을 제거대상 영역(Removable Block)과 융선의 흐름이 불명확한 영역(Obscure Block), 융선의 방향성이 명확한 영역(Clear Block) 세 가지로 분류하였다. RB영역은 특징점 추출과정에서 제외 하였으며 OB 영역은 필터의 방향을 달리한 다수의 게이버(Gabor) 필터의 적용으로 처리하였고, CB 영역은 게이버 필터의 방향을 융선의 방향으로 하여 한번의 수행하였다. FVC2002(The Second Fingerprint Verification Competition) DB3 SetA 지문필터링을 영상을 대상으로 한 실험에서 부영역의 화질을 고려한 경우 EER(Equal Error Rate)이 14.31%의 처리속도 향상을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.18
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• pp.295-302
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• 1998

Classification of fingerprints is one of the major subjects on which many researchers have been studying for efficient identification. But fingerprints should be preprocessed in various ways prior to being classified. Factors such as the accuracy and the processing time should be considered in classification of fingerprints. In this paper, we propose a method for classifying fingerprints into several frequent patterns. This method consists of two stages. A fingerprint image is first converted to a skeleton form to find out the center. Then it is identified as a member of one of preclassified pattern by the frequency domain feature. Experiments show that the proposed method is quite useful in classifying fingerprints into typical patterns.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.511-520
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• 2010

This paper proposes two new methods to detect the fingerprints of different persons based on one-dimensional and two-dimensional discrete wavelet transformations (DWTs). Recent literature shows that fingerprint detection based on DWT requires less memory space compared to pattern recognition and moment-based image recognition techniques. In this study four statistical parameters - cross correlation co-efficient, skewness, kurtosis and convolution of the approximate coefficient of one-dimensional DWTs are used to evaluate the two methods involving fingerprints of the same person and those of different persons. Within the contexts of all statistical parameters in detection of fingerprints, our second method shows better results than that of the first method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2000.10b
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• pp.526-528
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• 2000

일반적으로 지문 인식 알고리즘을 구현하기 위해서 전처리와 후처리를 거쳐 정합과 등록 등의 일률적인 과정을 거치게 된다. 하지만 사람의 지문은 개인의 생체학적 특성에 따라 많은 차이를 보인다. 본 논문에서는 두 가지 목적을 위하여 연구되었는데 첫 번째는 획득된 지문영상의 특성을 최대한 이용한 적응성 알고리즘의 개발이다. 보통 획득된 지문영상의 경우 좋은 품질의 영상과 손가락이 건조한 사람의 흐린 영상, 그리고 손가락이 젖은 사람에게서 나타나는 진한 영상 등의 크게 나누어 3가지로 나누어 볼 수 있는데 하나의 알고리즘을 통한 처리보다는 각 지문영상에서 적당한 알고리즘을 적용하는 것이 더욱 좋은 결과를 얻게 된다. 두 번째로 라인센서에서 얻은 낮은 품질의 영상을 처리하기 위한 알고리즘을 제안한다. 라인센서의 사용으로 인한 장점을 최대한 이용하여 지문인식 시스템을 개발하기 위한 목적을 갖는다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.521-524
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• 2005

This paper proposes a fusion algorithm which merges multiple vein pattern images into a single image, larger than those images. As a preprocessing step of template matching, during the verification of biometric data such as fingerprint image, vein pattern image of hand, etc., the fusion technique is used to make reference image larger than the candidate images in order to enhance the matching performance. In this paper, a new algorithm, called BSA (Boundary Stitching Algorithm) is proposed, in which the boundary rectilinear parts extracted from the candidate images are stitched to the reference image in order to enlarge its matching space. By applying BSA to practical vein pattern verification system, its verification rate was increased by about 10%.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.45-54
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• 2015

This Study aims to analyze the factors for the success of commercialization of the facial extraction and recognition image security information system of the domestic companies in Korea. As the results of the analysis, the internal factors for the success of commercialization of the facial extraction and recognition image security information system of the company were found to include (1) Holding of technology for close range facial recognition, (2) Holding of several facial recognition related patents, (3) Preference for the facial recognition security system over the fingerprint recognition and (4) strong volition of the CEO of the corresponding company. On the other hand, the external environmental factors for the success were found to include (1) Extensiveness of the market, (2) Rapid growth of the global facial recognition market, (3) Increased demand for the image security system, (4) Competition in securing of the engine for facial extraction and recognition and (5) Selection by the government as one of the 100 major strategic products.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.63-71
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• 2006

In this paper, we propose a secure solution for user authentication by using fingerprint verification on the sensor-client-server model, even with the client that is not necessarily trusted by the sensor holder or the server. To protect possible attacks launched at the untrusted client, our solution makes the fingerprint sensor validate the result computed by the client for the feature extraction. However, the validation should be simple so that the resource-constrained fingerprint sensor can validate it in real-time. To solve this problem, we separate the feature extraction into binarization and minutiae extraction, and assign the time-consuming binarization to the client. After receiving the result of binarization from the client, the sensor conducts a simple validation to check the result, performs the minutiae extraction with the received binary image from the client, and then sends the extracted minutiae to the server. Based on the experimental results, the proposed solution for fingerprint verification can be performed on the sensor-client-server model securely and in real-time with the aid of an untrusted client.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.194-199
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• 2012

This paper proposes a novel scheme of a gray scale fingerprint image for a high-accuracy capacitive sensor chip. The conventional grayscale image scheme uses a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) of a large-scale layout or charge-pump circuit with high power consumption and complexity by a global clock signal. A modified capacitive detection circuit for the charge sharing scheme is proposed, which uses a down literal circuit (DLC) with a floating-gate metal-oxide semiconductor transistor (FGMOS) based on a neuron model. The detection circuit is designed and simulated in a 3.3 V, 0.35 ${\mu}m$ standard CMOS process. Because the proposed circuit does not need a comparator and peripheral circuits, the pixel layout size can be reduced and the image resolution can be improved.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.65-70
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• 2013

In this paper, we proposed color image watermarking using human visual system. A watermark is embedded by transforming a color image of RGB coordinate into a color image of HSI coordinate with considering that chromatic components are less sensitive than achromatic components. Watermark is embedded in the frequency domain of the chromatic channels by using discrete cosine transform. Watermark is extracted from watermarked image by using inverse discrete cosine transform. To verify the proposed method, a standard image and a fingerprint image are used for the original image and the watermark image, respectively. Simulation results are satisfied with invisibility and robustness from attacks as image compression.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.197-207
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• 2020

The current comparison methods with scoring systems that are used to compare visualized latent fingerprints (LF) have disadvantages. Evaluators using these methods are prone to make errors and fail to discriminate LFs correctly to notice the differences among those LFs. Therefore, a comparative and quantitative evaluation method that is capable of obtaining more objective and quantitative results is needed. Densitometric image analysis (DIA) is used in other fields as a reliable semi-quantitative comparison method. To apply DIA to LFs, the potential variables that can occur during the DIA process were tested. The visualized ridges of LFs can be compared using the concentration of dots against the background to make it possible to analyze the ridges with DIA. The variables that can be present during the DIA process include the thickness of the analysis line, the number of ridges to be taken, the number of divided zones within each of the fingerprints, and the angles of the analysis line against the ridge lines that were selected. From the analysis of the inked fingerprints and circular lines that are similar to fingerprints, the angle of the analysis lines with the ridge line was the most significant variable. The preliminary test result was applied to the comparison of LFs that were developed with the powder method and then compared with the AFIS analysis. A similar trend was found, and a more detailed and semi-quantitative comparison of the visualized LFs was possible. In the future, it is necessary to check the evaluative ability of the DIA method by analyzing the visualized LFs with other various development methods. However, DIA is currently an option that can be used as an objective comparative evaluation method during fingerprint studies with supplementary role.