Unleashing the Power of Simplicity: A Minimalist Strategy for State-of-the-Art Fingerprint Enhancement

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.19004v1
• Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:07:07 GMT
• Title: Unleashing the Power of Simplicity: A Minimalist Strategy for State-of-the-Art Fingerprint Enhancement
• Abstract summary: This paper presents a minimalist approach to fingerprint enhancement, prioritizing simplicity and effectiveness.<n>Two novel methods are introduced: a contextual filtering method and a learning-based method.<n>The effectiveness of these methods is validated using a challenging latent fingerprint database.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Fingerprint recognition systems, which rely on the unique characteristics of human fingerprints, are essential in modern security and verification applications. Accurate minutiae extraction, a critical step in these systems, depends on the quality of fingerprint images. Despite recent improvements in fingerprint enhancement techniques, state-of-the-art methods often struggle with low-quality fingerprints and can be computationally demanding. This paper presents a minimalist approach to fingerprint enhancement, prioritizing simplicity and effectiveness. Two novel methods are introduced: a contextual filtering method and a learning-based method. These techniques consistently outperform complex state-of-the-art methods, producing clearer, more accurate, and less noisy images. The effectiveness of these methods is validated using a challenging latent fingerprint database. The open-source implementation of these techniques not only fosters reproducibility but also encourages further advancements in the field. The findings underscore the importance of simplicity in achieving high-quality fingerprint enhancement and suggest that future research should balance complexity and practical benefits.

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