This paperstudiedfeatureson3D fingerprintimagesandthe
possible applicationsofsuchfeatures.Thankstotheavailabilityof
3D fingerprintimages,morefeaturescanbeextracted.Fingerprint
features thatarecoarserthanLevel1features—CurvatureFinger-
print Features,wereforthe first timedefined inthispaper.Then,
the possibleapplicationsofsuchfeatureswereinvestigated.Since
such featuresarecoarserthanLevel1feature,nothighrecognition