FingerJetFXOSE

Fingerprint Feature Extractor, Open Source Edition

 

 

Fingerprint biometrics gives applications an easy-to-use, reliable way to tell one user from another. Using the latest standards for fingerprint data formats, applications can exchange and compare biometric data across a wide range of systems and devices – but only if the underlying fingerprint data is consistently and accurately obtained.

That’s where DigitalPersona’s FingerJetFX, Open Source Edition (OSE), comes in. This free, portable, standards-based software is the industry’s first fingerprint feature extractor capable of running efficiently everywhere from embedded chips to desktop computers to the largest servers. Based on technology that has been used in millions of devices around the world, FingerJetFX makes biometrics reliable and easy to add to applications. It’s MINEX-certified for proven interoperability and is available as LGPL open source, so you can adapt it to your particular needs.

 

Key Features:

  

Why They Matter:
 
 
Fingerprint Feature Extractor – generates fingerprint minutiae data (also referred to as a fingerprint template) from fingerprint images. Converts bulky fingerprint images into small, mathematical representations for efficient storage and comparison.
Capture-Device Independent – works with 8 bits-per-pixel grayscale fingerprint image data from any source, formatted in a simple pixel array. Enables apps to use appropriately-formatted fingerprint images from any brand of fingerprint reader or fingerprint image database.
Open Source – distributed as source code, licensed under the Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL). Gives software and hardware developers the flexibility to adapt the extractor as needed and ensures access to improvements made by others.
Portable – written in self-contained C++ to run on Linux, Android, Windows, Windows CE, various real-time OSes or environments without an OS. Can be used across many different environments, eliminating the need for different and incompatible extractor technologies on each platform.
Flexible – works on 32-/64-bit CPUs as well as 32-bit microcontrollers; no DSP or floating point required. Can be integrated quickly and easily into devices and applications without requiring special hardware.
Compact – uses approximately 128KB of code space (can be run from ROM) and 128KB of data space ( 32k plus the size of the image buffer which is one byte per pixel). Makes high-quality biometrics efficient even in memory-constrained embedded devices.
Scalable – runs well on embedded chips, desktop computers, even large servers. Generates consistent, reliable biometric data for applications across many different platforms.
Standards – uses 8 bits-per-pixel grayscale image data in pixel array format; produces ANSI INSITS 378-2004 or ISO/IEC 19794-2:2005 fingerprint minutiae data. Ensures that fingerprint minutiae data can be exchanged with different applications and used by any standards-compliant fingerprint matching engine.
MINEX-Certified – meets and exceeds the PIV requirements for fingerprint template interoperability and compliance tested by NIST in its MINEX ongoing test (SDK 3F). Enables applications and devices to comply with international biometrics standards that help to ensure interoperability with different back-end databases and systems.
Fast – can extract fingerprint minutiae from an image in 10-25 milliseconds on an Intel i7 or 0.5-1.25 seconds on a 150MHz ARM Cortex-M3. Delivers excellent user response time for embedded devices and high throughput where fingerprint feature extraction is done on servers.
Easy – can be used with as little as one function call. Enables applications to add high-quality biometric capabilities quickly.
 

Get the source code for FingerJetFX, Open Source Edition, at Github.


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Commercial Version


DigitalPersona also offers, FingerJet OEM, a commercially-licensed package that adds complete fingerprint recognition functionality. This version adds both 1-to-1 verification and 1-to-many identification while still running in less than 192KB of code space and less than 128KB of data memory.

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FingerJetFX OSE -- Fingerprint Feature Extractor, Open Source Edition

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