Biometrics and Fingerprint Matching: A Study

The future is in the palm of your hand.” With the proliferation of biometric technology, it has never been truer. The future really is in the palm of your hand, but did you know it’s also in the pattern of your iris, the minutiae of your fingerprint, and the structure of your face? Biometric recognition, or simply biometrics or life metrics, are base for a plethora of highly secure identification and personal verification solutions . A biometric system is fundamentally a pattern recognition system that recognizes a person by determining the authentication by using his different biological features i.e. Fingerprint, retina-scan, iris scan, hand geometry, and face recognition are leading physiological biometrics and behavioral characteristic are Voice recognition, keystroke-scan, and signature-scan. By using biometrics, iris possible to confirm or establish an individual’s identity based on “who he/she is,” rather than by “what he/she possesses” (e.g., an ID card) or “what he/she remembers” (e.g., a password). Fingerprint matching has been successfully used by law enforcement for more than a century. The technology is now finding many other applications such as identity management and access control. The papers give a brief overview of the field of biometrics, describe an automated fingerprint recognition system and identify key challenges in the field.