Obtaining Finger prints

Fingerprint identification is the method of identification based on the different patterns of human fingers, which is actually unique among each person. It is the most popular way of acquiring details of any person and is the most easy and convenient way of identifying a person. An advantage of fingerprint identification method is that the fingerprints pattern remains same for a person through out his/her life, making it an infallible method of human identification. The study of fingerprint identification is Dactyloscopy.Defining fingerprints:The skin surface of any human finger consists of a pattern of dark lines of ridges along with white lines or valleys between them. The ridges’ structures changes at points known as minutiae and can be either bifurcated or of short length or two ridges can end on a single point. These details or patterns are unique in every human being. The flow of this ridges, their features, the intricate details of ridges and their sequence is what defines the information for fingerprint identification.