How to read fingerprints from a swipe fingerprint scanner?
@THEcreationist (837)
India
July 25, 2010 8:43am CST
I am currently on a project in which I have to perform network authentication using a fingerprint scanner. The underlying platform is Fedora x86_64. The language I am using is Java. The fingerprint reader is Authentec AES 2501A (Swipe based).
Although, there are certain APIs that provide fingerprint scanning support for Java, but they communicate with conventional Optical Scanners. In my software, I have to provide support for both the optical as well as swiping scanners. I am not sure whether these APIs will be of any help to me.
Is there a way to scan fingerprints from a swipe based scanner in Java or maybe in any other language? Or, is there a way to utilize the Fedora`s internal fingerprint authentication system in my software?
Thanks in advance for any help.
1 response
@dorx88 (73)
• Philippines
25 Jul 10
I haven't tried reading fingerprints using JAVA, but I have tried it using C++ I made the hardware myself. I made use of image processing and a modified web cam. (with all the thresholds etc.).
I got the idea from SDKs available in the market (and online).
Good Luck! ... I hope you succeed! ;)
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@THEcreationist (837)
• India
26 Jul 10
Thanks for your well wishes.
I am looking out for any available APIs, I have fund available to buy them but the project is intended to be open-source; so, the unavailability of any open-source APIs makes the task difficult. Seems like I too will have to write my own interface, if in case this "Libfprint" that I recently found does not work.
Thanks for your response. Have a nice day.
