EAST LANSING, Mich.: Michigan State University announced Sept 9 that it has licensed cutting-edge software developed by Anil K. Jainthat detects altered fingerprints to Morpho, part of the Safran group, one of the world's leading suppliers of identification and detection solutions.
The widespread use of fingerprint recognition systems has led some individuals to disfigure or surgically change their fingerprints to mask their identities. The technology, developed by Jain, an Indian American university distinguished professor of computer science and engineering at MSU, can help law enforcement and border control officials detect these altered fingerprints.
"Government agencies worldwide encounter individuals who have gone to extreme measures to alter their fingerprints to avoid being identified by automatic fingerprint recognition systems," Jain, an internationally recognized leader in biometrics and pattern recognition research, stated in a press release.
"The technology can raise a flag so that officials can then perform a secondary inspection to reveal the person's true identity."
Previously, Morpho licensed tattoo-matching software developed by Jain. The technology uses features such as tattoo colour, shape, and texture to compute the similarity between images.
MSU Technologies, MSU's technology transfer and commercialization office, facilitated the licensing of the software to Morpho.
The widespread use of fingerprint recognition systems has led some individuals to disfigure or surgically change their fingerprints to mask their identities. The technology, developed by Jain, an Indian American university distinguished professor of computer science and engineering at MSU, can help law enforcement and border control officials detect these altered fingerprints.
"Government agencies worldwide encounter individuals who have gone to extreme measures to alter their fingerprints to avoid being identified by automatic fingerprint recognition systems," Jain, an internationally recognized leader in biometrics and pattern recognition research, stated in a press release.
"The technology can raise a flag so that officials can then perform a secondary inspection to reveal the person's true identity."
Previously, Morpho licensed tattoo-matching software developed by Jain. The technology uses features such as tattoo colour, shape, and texture to compute the similarity between images.
MSU Technologies, MSU's technology transfer and commercialization office, facilitated the licensing of the software to Morpho.
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