Skin pattern and fingerprint classification system
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1. A skin pattern tracing system comprising:
- image data input means wherein image data of a skin pattern are input, said skin pattern comprising a plurality of ridges and valleys;
ridge line extracting means for extracting ridge line data corresponding to said ridges of said skin pattern from said image data;
valley line extracting means for extracting valley line data corresponding to said valleys of said skin pattern from said image data;
ridge minutia extracting means for extracting ridge minutiae from said ridge line data;
valley minutia extracting means for extracting valley minutiae from said valley line data;
minutia correspondence extracting means for extracting minutia correspondence information by detecting dual correspondence among said ridge minutiae and said valley minutiae, from said ridge line data, said valley line data, said ridge minutiae, and said valley minutiae, said dual correspondence defined to have a distance between minutiae less than a predetermined value and a line segment between said minutiae not crossing any valley or ridge; and
means for extracting features of characteristic lines of said skin pattern by finding and tracing said characteristic lines referring to said minutia correspondence information, said ridge line data and said valley line data.
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A skin pattern classification system extracts ridge line data and valley line data from image data of a skin pattern. Minutiae are extracted from the ridge line data and the valley line data. Subsequently, minutia correspondence information is obtained by detecting mutual correspondence among the minutiae from the ridge line data, valley line data and the minutiae. Skin patterns are obtained by finding and tracing characteristic lines referring to the minutia correspondence information, the ridge line data and the valley line data, and the characteristic lines and the minutia correspondence information serve to provide pattern classification.
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1. A skin pattern tracing system comprising:
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image data input means wherein image data of a skin pattern are input, said skin pattern comprising a plurality of ridges and valleys; ridge line extracting means for extracting ridge line data corresponding to said ridges of said skin pattern from said image data; valley line extracting means for extracting valley line data corresponding to said valleys of said skin pattern from said image data; ridge minutia extracting means for extracting ridge minutiae from said ridge line data; valley minutia extracting means for extracting valley minutiae from said valley line data; minutia correspondence extracting means for extracting minutia correspondence information by detecting dual correspondence among said ridge minutiae and said valley minutiae, from said ridge line data, said valley line data, said ridge minutiae, and said valley minutiae, said dual correspondence defined to have a distance between minutiae less than a predetermined value and a line segment between said minutiae not crossing any valley or ridge; and means for extracting features of characteristic lines of said skin pattern by finding and tracing said characteristic lines referring to said minutia correspondence information, said ridge line data and said valley line data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A fingerprint tracing system comprising:
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image data input means wherein image data of a fingerprint are input, said fingerprint comprising a pattern of a plurality of ridges and valleys; ridge line extracting means for extracting ridge line data corresponding to said ridges of said pattern of said fingerprint from said image data; valley line extracting means for extracting valley line data corresponding to said valleys of said pattern from said image data; ridge minutia extracting means for extracting ridge minutiae from said ridge line data; valley minutia extracting means for extracting valley minutiae from said valley line data; minutia correspondence extracting means for extracting minutia correspondence information by detecting dual correspondence among said ridge minutiae and said valley minutiae, from said ridge line data, said valley line data, said ridge minutiae, and said valley minutiae, said dual correspondence defined to have a distance between minutiae less than a predetermined value and a line segment between said minutiae not crossing any valley or ridge; and means for extracting features of characteristic lines of said fingerprint by finding and tracing said characteristic lines referring to said minutia correspondence information, said ridge line data and said valley line data. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A skin pattern tracing method comprising the steps of:
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inputting image data of a skin pattern, said skin pattern comprising a plurality of ridges and valleys; extracting ridge line data corresponding to said ridges of said skin pattern from said image data; extracting valley line data corresponding to said valleys of said skin pattern from said image data; extracting ridge minutia from said ridge line data; extracting valley minutiae from said valley line data; extracting minutia correspondence information by detecting dual correspondence among said ridge minutiae and said valley minutiae, from said ridge line data, said valley line data, said ridge minutiae and said valley minutiae, said dual correspondence defined to have a distance between minutiae less than a predetermined value and a line segment between said minutiae not crossing any valley or ridge; and extracting features of characteristic lines of said skin pattern by finding and tracing said characteristic lines referring to said minutia correspondence information, said ridge line data and said valley line data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A fingerprint tracing method comprising the steps of:
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inputting image data of a fingerprint, said fingerprint comprising a pattern of a plurality of ridges and valleys; extracting ridge line data corresponding to said ridges of said pattern of said fingerprint from said image data; extracting valley line data corresponding to said valleys of said pattern from said image data; extracting ridge minutiae from said ridge line data; extracting valley minutiae from said valley line data; extracting minutia correspondence information by detecting dual correspondence among said ridge minutiae and said valley minutiae, from said ridge line data, said valley line data, said ridge minutiae, and said valley minutiae, said dual correspondence defined to have a distance between minutiae less than a predetermined value and a line segment between said minutiae not crossing any valley or ridge; and extracting features of characteristic lines of said fingerprint by finding and tracing said characteristic lines referring to said minutia correspondence information, said ridge line data and said valley line data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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