Libfprint

From fprint project

libfprint is an open source software library designed to make it easy for application developers to add support for consumer fingerprint readers to their software.

[edit] Features

• Written in C
• Licensed as LGPL-2.1
• Depends on libusb for USB communication and glib
• Primarily developed for linux, but should be fairly portable
• Offers a single API to application developers to access the entire range of supported devices
• Supports imaging - downloading live fingerprint scans from the device
• Includes image processing/matching code
• Supports enrollment/verification - enrolling a print from a known user, and then later comparing a live scan to the enrolled print

[edit] Content

• FAQ
• Download
• API documentation
• Supported devices
• Unsupported devices
• Development
• Installation
• Mailing list - user support happens here
• U.S. Export Administration Regulations info
• More content can be found under Category:Libfprint

[edit] Driver Info

These drivers are included within libfprint, the corresponding pages are for information only.

• aes1610: Authentec AES1610
• aes2501: Authentec AES2501
• aes4000: AuthenTec AES4000
• fdu2000: SecuGen FDU 2000
• upeksonly: UPEK TouchStrip sensor-only
• upektc: UPEK TouchChip
• upekts: UPEK TouchStrip with biometric co-processor
• uru4000: Digital Persona U.are.U 4000/4000B
• vcom5s: Veridicom 5thSense

The user-experience quality of these drivers is noted at Driver quality.