Abstract: Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in computer-readable mediums are provided for fingerprint liveness detection. In one embodiment, a method for determining fingerprint liveness is provided that comprises receiving a fingerprint image; extracting a region of interest from the fingerprint image; generating a histogram of the region of interest; determining a statistical feature of the histogram; and determining liveness of the fingerprint image based upon the statistical feature.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2007
Date of Patent:
January 17, 2012
Assignee:
West Virginia University Research Corp., WVU Office of Technology Transfer & WVU Business Incubator
Inventors:
Stephanie Shuckers, Lawrence Hornak, Bozhao Tan