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Article: Fingerprints clue EE into high-tech venture. (electrical engineer)(Fingermatrix' Matcher and Automatic Fingerprint Identification System)
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- EDN
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- December 3, 1992
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It took Michael Schiller more than 10 years to perfect his fingerprint-identification and -matching system. Now the FBI, and others, are interested
Like snowflakes, no two fingerprints are the same - which is why fingerprints are so often used to identify people. Taking advantage of that fact, engineer Michael Schiller created Fingermatrix (White Plains, NY), a high-tech company specializing in the scanning and computerized matching of fingerprints.
These image-processing tools, which scan and digitize the unique pattern of whorls and ridges of a person's fingerprint, are in demand by businesses ranging from law-enforcement agencies to banks. And now, ...