Unleashing the Power of Simplicity: A Minimalist Strategy for State-of-the-Art Fingerprint Enhancement

ArXi:2603.19004v1 Announce Type: new Fingerprint recognition systems, which rely on the unique characteristics of human fingerprints, are essential in modern security and verification applications. Accurate minutiae extraction, a critical step in these systems, depends on the quality of fingerprint images. Despite recent improvements in fingerprint enhancement techniques, state-of-the-art methods often struggle with low-quality fingerprints and can be computationally demanding. This paper presents a minimalist approach to fingerprint enhancement, prioritizing simplicity and effectiveness.