geometrik finger print

[dayone]

At 02:30 PM 7/7/2004, Kenneth Brody wrote:

>dayone wrote:
>[...]
> > >The device is a Biometric device not a geometrik device.
> > >
> > >I know it is still new but you are getting it very wrong.
>[...]
> > Yes, but,
> >
> > it reads a geometrik pattern of the print.
> >
> > A local bank is advertising and telling customers that its new hand reading
> > device is a "geometric" reading device to avoid using the words
> > "fingerprint" or "hand print" which seems to scare some people.  They are
> > not referring to it as a geometric hand/finger print reading device.
> >
> > In showing it to two different people (not at same time) I have explained
> > that it is a bio-metric sketch of their fingerprint NOT the actual finger
> > print.  They did not comprehend and did not want me to have their
> > fingerprint in my computer.  When I described  it as a geometric pattern of
> > their fingerprint, they were OK with that idea.
> >
> > Just a variation that may be required when demonstrating the system.
>[...]
>
>Well, "geometric" is still the wrong term.
>
>Also, it's not a "biometric sketch of their fingerprint", but rather a
>biometric description of the features of their fingerprint, and not the
>print itself.  The fingerprint image itself is not stored anywhere.

Ken,

I do like your definition,  "bio-metric description of the features of 
their fingerprint"

Hey,  no way am I going to argue with your intelligence!    But,

If bio-  is,   life, living organisms, biology, biological
If metric is,  measurement or a system of measurement

Then bio-metric is a measurement of life,  or in this case, "a description 
of the features of a fingerprint."

If geometry is (quote), "the mathematics of the properties, measurement and 
relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces and solids."

How can the measurement of a given fingerprint or the conversion of the 
features or measurements of such into a description of the features be 
compared and matched by a computer without a geometric comparison and match 
of those feature descriptions of those given measurements of that 
fingerprint  ?

Charlie Day

PS.,  Anything beyond this is beyond my capabilities.
    
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