Briefly describe how the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) creates a fingerprint image. What characteristics of the fingerprint does the AFIS record for comparison?
What will be an ideal response?
AFIS scans fingerprints and converts them into digital images that contain data on the relative location and orientation of ridge characteristics. The system records the points where ridges terminate, the points where they branch into two ridges, and the relative position and orientation of each ridge characteristic.
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