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         Figure 5.6           5.2 FINGERPRINT CARDS AND IMAGES
         Livescan Palm Display
                              The fingerprint card shown in Figure 5.7 is representative of millions of fin-
                              gerprint cards in existence. While the form of the card and the information
                              it stores may have changed over the years, its key element is the accurate
                              collection of finger images in a form that can be used for later comparison
                              and identification. The identification process is based on the accurate collec-
                              tion of these finger images and the associated pedigree information. If the
                              images are of poor quality but provide identifying minutia and ridge charac-
                              teristics, an identification can be made even if the pedigree informa-
                              tion is inaccurate or does not correspond to the true owner of the finger
                              images. The identification is made based on the fingerprints, not on the demo-
                              graphic data.
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