Fingerprints detection using neural networks suitable to physical changes of fingerprint

This working paper shows the results of finished research, using image processing techniques to improve the fingerprint obtained from a database, where the image is normalized and segmented to get only the section of the image with the fingerprint. Then, the Gabor filter is applied, and it corrects defects in ridges and valleys, allowing continuity. That way, if the fingerprint has a physical defect, the filter can correct it as long as the segment orientation to be correct. Once improved, the fingerprint, it is binarized and thinned for minutiae extraction. The false minutiae are filtered and eliminated in order to ensure the operation of the algorithm. Finally, it is necessary training with the minutiae of all fingerprints in the database, to individually determine which user belongs the fingerprint entered. The system has a reliability of 81% of the process, with the pre-processing part being crucial to guarantee the correct extraction of the characteristics of fingerprints.