An optical fingerprint recognition method based on diffraction field

Abstract Biometric technology, which authenticates identities with high reliability and stability by comparing the unique characteristics of human bodies, is widely used in the fields of electronic labeling, information security, access control, etc. Fingerprint recognition technology, which has the advantages of easy operation, fast recognition and high safety, has become the mainstream of the information decryption and access control application. In this paper, we proposed an optical fingerprint recognition method, which fulfilled recognition by comparing the characteristic intensity distributions of the diffraction fields of fingerprints. We carried out experiments for the recognition of fingerprints from different fingers and the same finger, and cropped fingerprints. The recognition results verified the feasibility of the proposed method. The method has advantages in terms of operation speed, recognition accuracy, and tolerance for partial information loss, and provides an effective way in optical sensing.