What is a Fingerprint Ridge Ending?

(Image from NIST)

(Part of the biometric product marketing expert series)

If you hear a fingerprint person discussing a “ridge ending,” the definition is pretty simple.

“This minutia illustrates an abrupt end to a continuous ridge path.”

And if you think of fingerprint ridges as black lines on a white background, then a ridge ending is the exact opposite of a bifurcation.

And I wrote this post to prove…a point.

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