中文摘要：

利用生物特征进行身份识别已成为目前信息安全领域的研究热点,指纹识别技术随着计算机图形学技术的飞速发展已取得巨大的进步。对近20年来指纹识别技术的发展状况进行综述,重点介绍指纹图像的采集、图像的增强、特征提取及匹配、图像的存储与数据库应用等指纹识别中的关键技术,阐述这些关键技术的实现原理,并分析不同技术方法的优缺点。

英文摘要：

Biometric verification has been drawing widespread attention in information security. Fingerprint recognition has been improved by the rapid development of computer graphics technology in the past years. In this paper, the review of fingerprint recognition technology in recent 20 years was conducted, the key technologies of fingerprint recognition, such as fingerprint image acquisition, image enhancement, feature extraction and matching, and data storage were introduced and summarized, the advantages and disadvantages of aforementioned technologies were concluded.