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Dedicated
to fingerprint image processing, matching and searching technologies
for fingerprint search systems ( AFIS ), East Shore's only business
is fingerprint search and match identification. East Shore
provides a complete range of fingerprint image processing, matching
and fingerprint searching software products. Fingerprint software
search system products, ranging from the base kernel fingerprint
image processing algorithmic software with a fingerprint search
/ matching subsystem to a complete fingerprint identification system
is available. For  integrator clients, East Shore provides
a number of intermediate subsystem components, dependent on requirements.
East Shore will assist integrators in fingerprint identification
system design, system development, implementation and in the supply
of fingerprint software, right up to, and including, the supply
of a complete fingerprint ID system.
As
suppliers of the algorithmic fingerprint searching and matching
software components and subsystems that are the heart of any fingerprint
search system, East Shore prides itself on accuracy. If accuracy
of search is an important criteria in your system design / development
process, contact us. You'll be interested in testing and comparing
performance against competitors.
Fingerprint Software
/ Systems
East Shore
has a complete suite of fingerprint search and match processing
algorithms available for integration into an integrator's identification
system package. It is the same algorithmic suite incorporated into
systems integrated and sold by East Shore in our turnkey system
packages. The fingerprint searching and fingerprint matching software
suites perform the following tasks:
Image
Processing
Captured fingerprint images are processed through a series of
image processing algorithms to obtain a clear unambiguous skeletal
image of the original gray tone impression, clarifying smudged
areas, removing extraneous artifacts and healing most scars, cuts
and breaks.
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Feature
Detection for Matching
Ridge ends and bifurcations (minutiae) within the skeletal image are
identified and encoded, providing critical placement, orientation
and linkage information for the fingerprint matching process.
Matching
Fingerprint Search
East Shore's patented "hyperladder" fingerprint matcher
compares data from the input search print against all appropriate
records in the database to determine if a probable match exists. Minutia
relationships, one to another are compared in a hyperladder approach.
Not as locations within an X-Y co-ordinate framework, but as linked
relationships within a global context. This, in conjunction with our
highly sophisticated image processing yields results where even prints
of poorer quality that have a minimal number of hyperladder linked
match criteria are readily identified. False positives are easily
rejected when hyperladder linkages prove ID is not possible.
 
IDENT 
The bottom
line, --- East Shore provides the highest accuracy fingerprint search
/ match in the industry while minimizing false positives. The software
provided is both innovative and robust.
Robust
to Image Quality
Scanned and camera captured live and inked fingerprints are often
blurred, smudgy or broken up (as below). Ridges often show discontinuities
and vary greatly in contrast. Scars and creases may exist or disappear,
depending on when the print is taken, and of course, fingers can
be dirty. East Shore's image processing is designed to be maximally
robust to these problems. We clean up and "clarify"
the finger image before encoding a print, minimizing to the maximum
extent possible the "garbage in, garbage out" problem.
Robust
to Finger Placement
Finger placement in the center of a finger scanner platen is not critical
using our software. Nor does the capture of finger image data by camera
from paper copy require the precise centering of the finger image
under the camera. East Shore's area of interest detector (part of
the image processing algorithm suite) locates and processes the finger
image, regardless of location. No core or other reference point within
the fingerprint is necessary.
Robust to Finger Orientation
East Shore will match a finger that has been placed on a scanner platen
at any angle. We are not concerned about finger orientation. Our orientation
independent code has been demonstrated across the globe, with subjects
routinely placing their fingers at odd angles, even upside down on
the finger scanner platen.
 IDENT 
The bottom line is that
our image processing, encoding and matching algorithm suite is the
best currently available in the industry. The algorithms have been
designed to perform well under adverse conditions. They provide
high accuracy with minimal false positives. They work with images
rejected by most other systems.
If there's
sufficient information content in the image to make a positive ID
and the ID's important to you, then East Shore's algorithm suite
is the way to go. To those new to fingerprints, we emphasize that
methods less sophisticated than ours will yield substantially poorer
results when deployed in the real world. If you don't believe this
is so or you've been told otherwise, we encourage you to test.
License Agreements
East Shore
offers a variety of software licenses. Software libraries are currently
available for Windows NT / 2000 based systems. We will also support
and provide libraries for other platforms, on request.
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