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Figure A.4: Orientation images <strong>of</strong> two input fingerprints shown in Fig. A.2.<br />

Figure A.5: A X-signature with w = W and l = H in our case.<br />

The orientation image <strong>of</strong> the input fingerprint images shown in Fig A.2 are given in<br />

Fig A.4.<br />

A.1.4 Ridge Frequency Image<br />

In a local neighborhood, where no minutiae and singular points appear, the gray<br />

levels along ridges and valleys can be modeled as a sinusoidal shaped wave along a<br />

direction normal to the local ridge orientation (Fig. A.5). So, local ridge frequency is<br />

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