A dual-image template based fingerprint matching method

A new fingerprint matching method based on a dual-image template and an improved matching algorithm is presented in this paper. The proposed matching method is tested using images from FVC2002 fingerprint databases and demonstrates a superior performance compared with fingerprint matching algorithm using single-image template. Compared with other dual-image matching algorithms, the proposed algorithm has advantages of easy implementation. By taking advantages of dual-image template and improved matching algorithm, the proposed matching method improves matching accuracy and relaxes requirement on fingerprint image quality.