本文主要对指纹图像进行三方面处理：图像预处理、特征提取和特征匹配。图像预处理包括四个步骤：图像分割、滤波增强、二值化、细化，对指纹图像进行预处理后，去除了原图像的冗余部分，方便后续的识别处理；特征提取主要是提取指纹图像细化后的端点和分叉点；特征匹配是利用两个指纹的图像进行特征点比较，来确定两幅图像是否来自于同一手指。
该课题为基于MATLAB的指纹识别系统，带有丰富的人机交互GUI界面。目前毕业设计选题中，传统指纹识别不易得到高分，基本都是对指纹进行处理，而没有比对两者指纹是不是同一个人，轻易被导师被否决。因此建议做成两个指纹进行比对，输出结果，以文字和声音方式播报结果。整个设计在一个GUI界面上完成。(This paper mainly deals with fingerprint image in three aspects: image preprocessing, feature extraction and feature matching. Image preprocessing includes four steps: image segmentation, filter enhancement, binarization and thinning. After preprocessing fingerprint image, the redundant part of the original image is removed to facilitate the subsequent recognition processing; feature extraction is mainly to extract the endpoint and bifurcation points after thinning fingerprint image; feature matching is to determine two images by comparing the feature points of two fingerprint images Whether it comes from the same finger.)