Thursday, November 22, 2012

Relationship between Fingerprint Identification and Fingerprint Details?


What is the relationship between the accuracy of fingerprint identification and the degree of the detail in a fingerprint image? Is it always true that the more granular the fingerprint image, the more accurate the identification process?

I think not.

What do you think?


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3 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 22, 2012 at 5:33 AM

    See the interesting post on fingerprint identification: http://henrytempleman.com/validation_study

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  2. UnknownNovember 22, 2012 at 5:56 AM

    A subatomic level fingerprint image would be quite detailed, yes? But ...

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  3. UnknownNovember 22, 2012 at 6:30 AM

    Compare C. Coppock, "Complexity of Recognition, Inductive and Inferential Processes in Forensic Science" (blog post) (Dec. 12, 2011), http://fingerprintindividualization.blogspot.com/2011/12/complexity-of-recognition.html

    "The very key to this recognition concept, as applied to forensic science, was illustrated by the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). His insight was that; all natural objects could be differentiated if examined in sufficient detail."

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