The 3D Imaging Lab at the University of Kentucky develops real-time 3D acquisition systems that can capture 3D data at 120 frames per second for applications such as biometrics, motion tracking, gesture recognition, 3D modeling, and entertainment; their hybrid system is able to fuse 3D data from multiple views with 26 times reduction in noise compared to traditional stereo methods; one project involves 3D fingerprint scanning that flattens and fuses 3D fingerprints into 2D representations for improved matching performance.

1. 3D Imaging Labhttp://vis.uky.edu/~realtime3d/Real-time 3D: 120 fps acquisition and data processingHybrid System3D fingerprint SystemCenter for Visualization and Virtual Environment1 Quality Street, Suite 800, Room 811Lexington, KY 40507-1464Fax: (859) 257-1505

2. Real-time 3D System3D Imaging Accurate Human-Computer Interfacing Biometrics/Security Motion Scanning and Tracking Hand-Gesture/Facial Recognition Fast 3D Modeling Next-Gen Multimedia and Entertainment

3. Real-time 3D SystemReal-time 3D acquisition and data processing, 120 fps at 640*480, using anIntel Core 2 Duo QuadQ9650 processor.

4. Hybrid System26 times reduction in noise error compared to traditional SLI, can be applied to fusing 3D data from multiple views.

5. 3D Fingerprint Scanner3D fingerprint is flattened into depth and albedo 2D fingerprints, which are further fused.

6. 3D Fingerprint ScannerOverlap of flattened 3D and 2D inked fingerprint.

7. 3D Fingerprint ScannerThe fused achieves the best matching performance.