Abstract
As high-resolution fingerprint images are becoming more common, the pores have been found to be one of the promising candidates in improving the performance of automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS). This paper proposes a deep learning approach towards pore extraction. It exploits the feature learning and classification capability of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to detect pores on fingerprints. Besides, this paper also presents a unique affine Fourier moment-matching (AFMM) method of matching and fusing the scores obtained for three different fingerprint features to deal with both local and global linear distortions. Combining the two aforementioned contributions, an EER of 3.66% can be observed from the experimental results.