Re: [XPOST] A unique number for every "person" - can it be done?

From: Percival (dragontamer5788_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:25:17 -0500

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:38:19 +0200, Ioannis wrote:

> The simplest idea I can come up with would be to find a way to
> mathematically encode one's fingerprints, since they are unique. One
> could for example take the decimal equivalent of the file contents of a
> standard JPEG or GIF's consecutive bytes of one's fingerprint, if one
> standardizes the process of scanning it.

Jumping off of your idea, I'd say millimeters between the lines and the
lines. All "lines" are assumed to be perpendicular to where you are
scanning. Or make it a proportion, width of the first "Line" of the finger
is your measurement. A person's hand can grow, and i'd guess the
fingerprint would too.

Find standard points across all fingers to scan this point, and you got
everything set.

If it is a company, there would be another number symbolizing that it is a
company. (numbers greater than a trillion are company numbers, and are
encoded differenly)

Percival

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Disneys finger scanners worry privacy advocates
    ... OK, so with that number, it would be possible to lookup one's records in other databases, *if* they all happened to read the fingerprint in the same way and store it using the exact same version of the algorithm. ... that would mean that the person trying to use that information would have access to the database at the level of the encoded value and not the more standard analog scanned form. ... You can vote, serve on a jury, buy real estate, get married or divorced, with fewer formalities than Disney wants for you to ride on "It's a Small World". ...
    (rec.arts.disney.parks)
  • Re: [XPOST] A unique number for every "person" - can it be done?
    ... > mathematically encode one's fingerprints, ... > standard JPEG or GIF's consecutive bytes of one's fingerprint, ... > standardizes the process of scanning it. ... Find standard points across all fingers to scan this point, ...
    (comp.programming)
  • Re: [XPOST] A unique number for every "person" - can it be done?
    ... > mathematically encode one's fingerprints, ... > standard JPEG or GIF's consecutive bytes of one's fingerprint, ... > standardizes the process of scanning it. ... Find standard points across all fingers to scan this point, ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Saving an array of bytes to an image(bitmap) on the client side
    ... fingerprint recognition. ... We use therefore a fingerprint scanning ... device on the client, ... we want to save it via VBScript (the scanning is ...
    (microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript)