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Automated security is one of the major concerns of modern times. Secure and reliable authentication systems are in great demand. A biometric trait like the finger knuckle print (FKP) of a person is unique and secure. Finger knuckle print is a novel biometric trait and is not explored much for real-time implementation. In this paper, three different algorithms have been proposed based on this trait. The first approach uses Radon transform for feature extraction. Two levels of security are provided here and are based on eigenvalues and the peak points of the Radon graph. In the second approach, Gabor wavelet transform is used for extracting the features. Again, two levels of security are provided based on magnitude values of Gabor wavelet and the peak points of Gabor wavelet graph. The third approach is intended to authenticate a person even if there is a damage in finger knuckle position due to injury. The FKP image is divided into modules and module-wise feature matching is done for authentication. Performance of these algorithms was found to be much better than very few existing works. Moreover, the algorithms are designed so as to implement in real-time system with minimal changes.

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  1. RNS Institute of Technology, Bangalore, 560 098, India

    Chetana Hegde

  2. Department of CSE, UVCE, Bangalore University, Bangalore, 560 001, India

    P. Deepa Shenoy & K. R. Venugopal

  3. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

    L. M. Patnaik

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Hegde, C., Shenoy, P.D., Venugopal, K.R. et al. Authentication using Finger Knuckle Prints. SIViP 7, 633–645 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11760-013-0469-7

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