New York: An Indian-American researcher and his team have created life-size 3D hand models with all five fingerprints, using a high-resolution 3D printer that can produce the same ridges and valleys as a real finger. Try to Know
Like any optical device, fingerprint and hand scanners need to be calibrated, but currently, there is no standard method.
“This is the first time a whole hand 3D target has been created to calibrate fingerprint scanners,” said Distinguished Professor Anil Jain from Michigan State University (MSU).
“As a byproduct of this research, we realized a fake 3D hand, essentially a spoof, with someone’s fingerprints, could potentially allow a crook to steal the person’s identity to break into a vault, contaminate a crime scene, or enter the country illegally,” Jain cautioned.
Jain and his biometrics team studied how to test and calibrate fingerprint scanners commonly used worldwide at police departments, airport immigration counters, banks, and even amusement parks.
They created life-size 3D hand models with all five fingerprints to test the scanners.
“Another application of this technology will be to evaluate the spoof-resistance of commercial fingerprint scanners. We have highlighted a security loophole and the limitations of existing fingerprint scanning technology; now it’s up to the scanner manufacturers to design a spoof-resistant scanner,” Jain noted in a university statement.
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The study, funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), aims to design and develop standard models and procedures for consistent and reliable evaluation of fingerprint readers.
“We are very pleased with this research and how it shows the uncertainties in the process and what it can mean for the accuracy of the readers,” said Nicholas Poulter, Group Leader for the Security Technologies Group at NIST and a co-author of the study.
He added that the FBI, CIA, military, and manufacturers would all be interested in this project.
Along with Jain and Poulter, the study was co-authored by Sunpreet Arora, an MSU doctoral student.
