Per chi fosse interessato a programmi e test per l'interpretazione della scrittura, anche calligrafica, traspetto questo annuncio. Con una richiesta inviata via e-mail potrete ricevere il CD-ROM gratuito con tutto il materiale del progetto. buona lettura Guido Brugnara Trudy Cummings wrote: > > ANNOUNCING NEW > NIST FINGERPRINT IMAGE SOFTWARE > (NFIS) > November 2001 > Craig Watson (cwatson@xxxxxxxx) & Michael Garris (mgarris@xxxxxxxx) > > Announcing a new public domain software release from the Image Group of the > National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST Fingerprint > Image Software (NFIS) contains software technology, developed for the Federal > Bureau of Investigation (FBI), designed to facilitate and support the > automated manipulation and processing of fingerprint images. Source code > for over 50 different utilities and an extensive User's Guide are distributed > on CD-ROM free of charge without licensing and usage restrictions. > > These utilities fall under 4 general categories: > > 1.) A neural-network based fingerprint pattern classification system called, > PCASYS, automatically categorizes a fingerprint image into the class of arch, > left or right loop, scar, tented arch, or whorl. This is an updated system > that includes the use of a robust Multi-Layered Perceptron (MLP) neural > network. It is the only known public domain system of its kind. > > 2.) A minutiae detector called, MINDTCT, automatically locates and records > ridge ending and bifurcations in a fingerprint image. This system includes > minutiae quality assessment based on local image conditions. The FBI's > Universal Latent Workstation uses MINDTCT, and it too is the only known > public domain system of its kind. > > 3.) A reference implementation of the ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2000 "Data Format for > the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial, Scar Mark & Tattoo (SMT) Information" > standard is included. This reference implementation contains a suite of > utilities designed to read, write, edit, and manipulate files formatted > according to this interchange standard. The utilities support updated and > new record types introduced by this latest version of the standard (Record > Types 9, 13, 14, & 15). > > 4.) A large collection of general-purpose image utilities are also included > to support the processing of fingerprint images. Source code is provided > for Baseline JPEG, Lossless JPEG, and the FBI's Wavelet Scalar Quantization > (WSQ) encoders and decoders. (The Baseline JPEG code uses the Independent > JPEG Group's compression/decompression libraries.) Utilities are also > provided that support color component interleaving, colorspace conversion, > and format conversion of legacy files distributed in NIST fingerprint > databases. > > The source code has been developed using the GNU project's gcc compiler and > gmake utility (www.gnu.org), and has been tested under LINUX, SGI Irix, and > under Windows NT using the free Cygwin library and associated tools > (sources.redhat.com/cygwin). > > If you desire to receive this updated release free of charge, please email > your request to either cwatson@xxxxxxxx or mgarris@xxxxxxxxx Please be sure > to include your name, affiliation, complete postal mailing address, and phone > number. > > Thank you for your interest, > > Craig & Mike > > Michael D. Garris > mgarris@xxxxxxxx > VOICE: 301-975-2928 > FAX: 301-975-5287 > > National Institute of Standards and Technology > 225/A216 > 100 Bureau Dr, STOP 8940 > Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8940 -- ing. Guido Brugnara tel.+39(461)390804 fax.396028 Leader.IT S.r.l. (Leader Information Technology) Strada della Pozzata, 41 www.leader.it/srl 38050 Villazzano TRENTO (ITALY) info@xxxxxxxxx -- Per iscriversi (o disiscriversi), basta spedire un messaggio con SOGGETTO "subscribe" (o "unsubscribe") a mailto:linuxtrent-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx