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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2008
Mark D. Dennard, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Stephen E. Jaffe, Canton, GA (US);
Keith P. Loring, Milton, VT (US);
Michael P. Outlaw, Dallas, GA (US);
Matthew B. Trevathan, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Mark D. Dennard, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Stephen E. Jaffe, Canton, GA (US);
Keith P. Loring, Milton, VT (US);
Michael P. Outlaw, Dallas, GA (US);
Matthew B. Trevathan, Kennesaw, GA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method of authenticating fingerprints. A method of authenticating a fingerprint includes comparing a geometric shape of a scanned fingerprint to a corresponding geometric shape of a stored fingerprint. The geometric shape and the corresponding geometric shape are defined by vertices. The vertices are defined by minutiae points, while the vertices are spaced apart from the minutiae points.