How to Build an Automated Fingerprint Identification System

Fingerprint based identification is becoming increasingly useful and cost effective now a days to tackle growing trend of identity theft, repeat offenses, authentication frauds, medical malpractices, and unlawful access & permissions. This paper provides a historical background on the evolution of fingerprint technology and detailed the salient feature such system should possess to meet the contemporary technical challenges. This work also presents the industry landscape of commercial and non-commercial biometrics market and a selected list of its various applications. The paper conclude with a demonstration of building an open-source AFIS from scratch and the required phases and research work needed to build such a solution.