Shift, rotation and scale invariant optical fingerprint verification system with double random phase encoding

Abstract

Biometric features such as fingerprint images can be authenticated by not only computer algorithms but also optical systems. In previous works, double random phase encoding (DRPE) optical lens system is employed for fingerprint verification. However, such a system can yield authentication failure when the key is generated from a slightly distorted fingerprint image. In this work, a fingerprint image pre-processing scheme for DRPE fingerprint optical authentication system is proposed. Simulated experimental results demonstrate the proposed method has significantly better robustness to shift, rotation and scale variance than some of the conventional DRPE-based approaches.