A study on identification of knuckle print

Abstract

Knuckle Print Impressions is also called Knuckle crease impressions. This is a unique pattern formed by ridges and furrows of the skin on knuckles. These are the impressions can be left behind the surfaces when an individual knuckles come into contact with it. In forensic science, knuckle prints are very much similar to the fingerprints that is, they can be used for identification purposes. Recognition of Knuckle marks and proper photographic preservation are the major aid in the investigation. The Finger knuckle print plays a major role in recognizing the person. There is not commercial biometric recognition system based on finger knuckle print to identify the minutiae present in knuckle print that is very much different from traditional method. Our main aim of research to know the uniqueness in the prints by identifying the minutiae according to their age and occupation and know the identification the chances of correlation between knuckle prints to their age and their minutiae features.