Quality of biometric prints is enhanced by any one of several different
methods. In one embodiment, if a biometric print does not have a high
enough quality, the biometric print is discarded. In another embodiment,
a matching score is associated with the degree to which the two biometric
prints match. In another embodiment, a ranking is associated with a
biometric print, and the ranking is determined based upon two or more
matching scores associated with the biometric print. In another
embodiment, a variety of distinguishing features are derived from a given
biometric print and are stored for authenticating a biometric print of a
user requesting access to a secure entity. In an embodiment, a
transformation is applied to at least a portion of a newly acquired
biometric print to improve the match of the newly acquired biometric
print to a stored biometric print.