eigenfinger

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noun

The eigenmap that provides a biometric description of a finger.

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Meanings

nouneigenfinger (plural eigenfingers)

plural eigenfingers

  1. The eigenmap that provides a biometric description of a finger.

    Ribaric et. al. [5] proposed a biometric identification system by extracting the eigenpalm and eigenfinger features from subimages of palm and fingers.

    2009, Been-Chian Chien, Tzung-Pei Hong, Opportunities and Challenges for Next-Generation Applied Intelligence, page 26

Origin

From eigen- + finger.

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