This new method is used to solve the five - class fingerprint classification problem in which fingerprints are classified into whorl , left loop , right loop , arch and tented arch and satisfactory results are got hi the experiments
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According to the number and relative position of " core points " and " delta points " extracted from the fingerprint image , we classify the fingerprint into the following six classes : arch , tented arch , left loop , right loop , whorl , twin loop