Enhancing Fingerprint Image Synthesis with GANs, Diffusion Models, and
  Style Transfer Techniques
W. Tang D. Figueroa D. Liu K. Johnsson A. Sopasakis
We present novel approaches involving generative adversarial networks and
diffusion models in order to synthesize high quality, live and spoof
fingerprint images while preserving features such as uniqueness and diversity.
We generate live fingerprints from noise with a variety of methods, and we use
image translation techniques to translate live fingerprint images to spoof. To
generate different types of spoof images based on limited training data we
incorporate style transfer techniques through a cycle autoencoder equipped with
a Wasserstein metric along with Gradient Penalty (CycleWGAN-GP) in order to
avoid mode collapse and instability. We find that when the spoof training data
includes distinct spoof characteristics, it leads to improved live-to-spoof
translation. We assess the diversity and realism of the generated live
fingerprint images mainly through the Fr\'echet Inception Distance (FID) and
the False Acceptance Rate (FAR). Our best diffusion model achieved a FID of
15.78. The comparable WGAN-GP model achieved slightly higher FID while
performing better in the uniqueness assessment due to a slightly lower FAR when
matched against the training data, indicating better creativity. Moreover, we
give example images showing that a DDPM model clearly can generate realistic
fingerprint images.