Palmprint Classification

In today's world, biometrics system is used almost everywhere for the security and personal recognition. The palmprint is one of the most reliable physiological characteristics that can be used to distinguish between individuals. Palmprint classification provides an important indexing mechanism in a palmprint database. An accurate and consistent classification can greatly reduce palmprint matching time for a large database. We propose a palmprint classification algorithm which is able to classify palmprints into ten evenly-distributed categories (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, A, B, C, D, and E). The algorithm uses a novel representation and is based on a two-stage classifier to make a classification.