APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION

Patent №

US 5,497,429

Granted

1996-03-05

Filed 1994

Owner

NEC CORPORATION

Lab

AI components

2

ml · vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

08313562

In fingerprint pattern classification, radial scanning vectors are used. A space between two adjacent ridge lines including a core point is traced by radial scanning. Radial distribution of number of cross points from the core point is a clue to a fingerprint classification.

AI classification

Vision1.00
Machine learning0.99
AI hardware0.10
Planning0.00
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

NEC CORPORATION

assignment · 71440649

Assignors

SHIBUYA, TATSUO

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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