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27 #include "fp_internal.h"
30 * \mainpage libfprint API Reference
31 * libfprint is an open source library to provide access to fingerprint
32 * scanning devices. For more info, see the
33 * <a href="http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/Libfprint">libfprint project
36 * This documentation is aimed at application developers who wish to integrate
37 * fingerprint-related functionality into their software. libfprint has been
38 * designed so that you only have to do this once - by integrating your
39 * software with libfprint, you'll be supporting all the fingerprint readers
40 * that we have got our hands on. As such, the API is rather general (and
41 * therefore hopefully easy to comprehend!), and does it's best to hide the
42 * technical details that required to operate the hardware.
44 * This documentation is not aimed at developers wishing to develop and
45 * contribute fingerprint device drivers to libfprint.
47 * Feedback on this API and it's associated documentation is appreciated. Was
48 * anything unclear? Does anything seem unreasonably complicated? Is anything
49 * missing? Let us know on the
50 * <a href="http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/Mailing_list">mailing list</a>.
52 * \section enrollment Enrollment
54 * Before you dive into the API, it's worth introducing a couple of concepts.
56 * The process of enrolling a finger is where you effectively scan your
57 * finger for the purposes of teaching the system what your finger looks like.
58 * This means that you scan your fingerprint, then the system processes it and
59 * stores some data about your fingerprint to refer to later.
61 * \section verification Verification
63 * Verification is what most people think of when they think about fingerprint
64 * scanning. The process of verification is effectively performing a fresh
65 * fingerprint scan, and then comparing that scan to a finger that was
66 * previously enrolled.
68 * As an example scenario, verification can be used to implement what people
69 * would picture as fingerprint login (i.e. fingerprint replaces password).
71 * - I enroll my fingerprint through some software that trusts I am who I say
72 * I am. This is a prerequisite before I can perform fingerprint-based
73 * login for my account.
74 * - Some time later, I want to login to my computer. I enter my username,
75 * but instead of prompting me for a password, it asks me to scan my finger.
77 * - The system compares the finger I just scanned to the one that was
78 * enrolled earlier. If the system decides that the fingerprints match,
79 * I am successfully logged in. Otherwise, the system informs me that I am
80 * not authorised to login as that user.
82 * \section identification Identification
84 * Identification is the process of comparing a freshly scanned fingerprint
85 * to a <em>collection</em> of previously enrolled fingerprints. For example,
86 * imagine there are 100 people in an organisation, and they all have enrolled
87 * their fingerprints. One user walks up to a fingerprint scanner and scans
88 * their finger. With <em>no other knowledge</em> of who that user might be,
89 * the system examines their fingerprint, looks in the database, and determines
90 * that the user is user number #61.
92 * In other words, verification might be seen as a one-to-one fingerprint
93 * comparison where you know the identity of the user that you wish to
94 * authenticate, whereas identification is a one-to-many comparison where you
95 * do not know the identity of the user that you wish to authenticate.
97 * \section compat_general Device and print compatibility
98 * Moving off generic conceptual ideas and onto libfprint-specific
99 * implementation details, here are some introductory notes regarding how
100 * libfprint copes with compatibility of fingerprints.
102 * libfprint deals with a whole variety of different fingerprint readers and
103 * the design includes considerations of compatibility and interoperability
104 * between multiple devices. Your application should also be prepared to
105 * work with more than one type of fingerprint reader and should consider that
106 * enrolled fingerprint X may not be compatible with the device the user has
109 * libfprint implements the principle that fingerprints from different devices
110 * are not necessarily compatible. For example, different devices may see
111 * significantly different areas of fingerprint surface, and comparing images
112 * between the devices would be unreliable. Also, devices can stretch and
113 * distort images in different ways.
115 * libfprint also implements the principle that in some cases, fingerprints
116 * <em>are</em> compatible between different devices. If you go and buy two
117 * identical fingerprint readers, it seems logical that you should be able
118 * to enroll on one and verify on another without problems.
120 * libfprint takes a fairly simplistic approach to these issues. Internally,
121 * fingerprint hardware is driven by individual drivers. libfprint enforces
122 * that a fingerprint that came from a device backed by driver X is never
123 * compared to a fingerprint that came from a device backed by driver Y.
125 * Additionally, libfprint is designed for the situation where a single driver
126 * may support a range of devices which differ in imaging or scanning
127 * properties. For example, a driver may support two ranges of devices which
128 * even though are programmed over the same interface, one device sees
129 * substantially less of the finger flesh, therefore images from the two
130 * device types should be incompatible despite being from the same driver. To
131 * implement this, each driver assigns a <em>device type</em> to each device
132 * that it detects based on its imaging characteristics. libfprint ensures that
133 * two prints being compared have the same device type.
135 * In summary, libfprint represents fingerprints in several internal structures
136 * and each representation will offer you a way of determining the
137 * \ref driver_id "driver ID" and \ref devtype "devtype" of the print in
138 * question. Prints are only compatible if the driver ID <b>and</b> devtypes
139 * match. libfprint does offer you some "is this print compatible?" helper
140 * functions, so you don't have to worry about these details too much.
142 * \section sync Synchronity/asynchronity
144 * Currently, all data acquisition operations are synchronous and can
145 * potentially block for extended periods of time. For example, the enroll
146 * function will block for an unpredictable amount of time until the user
147 * scans their finger.
149 * Alternative asynchronous/non-blocking functionality will be offered in
150 * future but has not been implemented yet.
152 * \section getting_started Getting started
154 * libfprint includes several simple functional examples under the examples/
155 * directory in the libfprint source distribution. Those are good starting
158 * Usually the first thing you want to do is determine which fingerprint
159 * devices are present. This is done through \ref dscv_dev "device discovery".
161 * Once you have found a device you would like to operate, you should open it.
162 * Refer to \ref dev "device operations". This section also details enrollment,
163 * image capture, and verification.
166 * That should be enough to get you started, but do remember there are
167 * documentation pages on other aspects of libfprint's API (see the modules
171 /** @defgroup core Core library operations */
174 * @defgroup dev Device operations
175 * In order to interact with fingerprint scanners, your software will
176 * interface primarily with libfprint's representation of devices, detailed
179 * \section enrolling Enrolling
180 * Enrolling is represented within libfprint as a multi-stage process. This
181 * slightly complicates things for application developers, but is required
182 * for a smooth process.
184 * Some devices require the user to scan their finger multiple times in
185 * order to complete the enrollment process. libfprint must return control
186 * to your application inbetween each scan in order for your application to
187 * instruct the user to swipe their finger again. Each scan is referred to
188 * as a stage, so a device that requires 3 scans for enrollment corresponds
189 * to you running 3 enrollment stages using libfprint.
191 * The fp_dev_get_nr_enroll_stages() function can be used to find out how
192 * many enroll stages are needed.
194 * In order to complete an enroll stage, you call an enroll function such
195 * as fp_enroll_finger(). The return of this function does not necessarily
196 * indicate that a stage has completed though, as the user may not have
197 * produced a good enough scan. Each stage may have to be retried several
200 * The exact semantics of the enroll functions are described in the
201 * fp_enroll_finger() documentation. You should pay careful attention to the
204 * \section imaging Imaging
205 * libfprint provides you with some ways to retrieve images of scanned
206 * fingers, such as the fp_dev_img_capture() function, or some enroll/verify
207 * function variants which provide images. You may wish to do something with
208 * such images in your application.
210 * However, you must be aware that not all hardware supported by libfprint
211 * operates like this. Most hardware does operate simply by sending
212 * fingerprint images to the host computer for further processing, but some
213 * devices do all fingerprint processing in hardware and do not present images
214 * to the host computer.
216 * You can use fp_dev_supports_imaging() to see if image capture is possible
217 * on a particular device. Your application must be able to cope with the
218 * fact that libfprint does support regular operations (e.g. enrolling and
219 * verification) on some devices which do not provide images.
221 * \section devtype Devtypes
222 * Internally, the \ref drv "driver" behind a device assigns a 32-bit
223 * <em>devtype</em> identifier to the device. This cannot be used as a unique
224 * ID for a specific device as many devices under the same range may share
225 * the same devtype. The devtype may even be 0 in all cases.
227 * The only reason you may be interested in retrieving the devtype for a
228 * device is for the purpose of checking if some print data is compatible
229 * with a device. libfprint uses the devtype as one way of checking that the
230 * print you are verifying is compatible with the device in question - the
231 * devtypes must be equal. This effectively allows drivers to support more
232 * than one type of device where the data from each one is not compatible with
233 * the other. Note that libfprint does provide you with helper functions to
234 * determine whether a print is compatible with a device, so under most
235 * circumstances, you don't have to worry about devtypes at all.
238 /** @defgroup dscv_dev Device discovery
239 * These functions allow you to scan the system for supported fingerprint
240 * scanning hardware. This is your starting point when integrating libfprint
241 * into your software.
243 * When you've identified a discovered device that you would like to control,
244 * you can open it with fp_dev_open(). Note that discovered devices may no
245 * longer be available at the time when you want to open them, for example
246 * the user may have unplugged the device.
249 /** @defgroup drv Driver operations
250 * Internally, libfprint is abstracted into various drivers to communicate
251 * with the different types of supported fingerprint readers. libfprint works
252 * hard so that you don't have to care about these internal abstractions,
253 * however there are some situations where you may be interested in a little
254 * behind-the-scenes driver info.
256 * You can obtain the driver for a device using fp_dev_get_driver(), which
257 * you can pass to the functions documented on this page.
259 * \section driver_id Driver IDs
260 * Each driver is assigned a unique ID by the project maintainer. These
262 * <a href="http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/Driver_ID_assignments">
263 * documented on the wiki</a> and will never change.
265 * The only reason you may be interested in retrieving the driver ID for a
266 * driver is for the purpose of checking if some print data is compatible
267 * with a device. libfprint uses the driver ID as one way of checking that
268 * the print you are trying to verify is compatible with the device in
269 * question - it ensures that enrollment data from one driver is never fed to
270 * another. Note that libfprint does provide you with helper functions to
271 * determine whether a print is compatible with a device, so under most
272 * circumstances, you don't have to worry about driver IDs at all.
275 static GSList
*registered_drivers
= NULL
;
276 static GSList
*opened_devices
= NULL
;
278 void fpi_log(enum fpi_log_level level
, const char *component
,
279 const char *function
, const char *format
, ...)
282 FILE *stream
= stdout
;
289 case LOG_LEVEL_WARNING
:
293 case LOG_LEVEL_ERROR
:
297 case LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
:
307 fprintf(stream
, "%s:%s [%s] ", component
? component
: "fp", prefix
,
310 va_start (args
, format
);
311 vfprintf(stream
, format
, args
);
314 fprintf(stream
, "\n");
317 static void register_driver(struct fp_driver
*drv
)
320 fp_err("not registering driver %s: driver ID is 0");
323 registered_drivers
= g_slist_prepend(registered_drivers
, (gpointer
) drv
);
324 fp_dbg("registered driver %s", drv
->name
);
327 static struct fp_driver
* const primitive_drivers
[] = {
331 static struct fp_img_driver
* const img_drivers
[] = {
340 static void register_drivers(void)
344 for (i
= 0; i
< G_N_ELEMENTS(primitive_drivers
); i
++)
345 register_driver(primitive_drivers
[i
]);
347 for (i
= 0; i
< G_N_ELEMENTS(img_drivers
); i
++) {
348 struct fp_img_driver
*imgdriver
= img_drivers
[i
];
349 fpi_img_driver_setup(imgdriver
);
350 register_driver(&imgdriver
->driver
);
354 static struct fp_driver
*find_supporting_driver(libusb_dev
*udev
,
355 const struct usb_id
**usb_id
)
357 GSList
*elem
= registered_drivers
;
358 struct libusb_dev_descriptor
*dsc
= libusb_dev_get_descriptor(udev
);
361 struct fp_driver
*drv
= elem
->data
;
362 const struct usb_id
*id
;
364 for (id
= drv
->id_table
; id
->vendor
; id
++)
365 if (dsc
->idVendor
== id
->vendor
&& dsc
->idProduct
== id
->product
) {
366 fp_dbg("driver %s supports USB device %04x:%04x",
367 drv
->name
, id
->vendor
, id
->product
);
371 } while ((elem
= g_slist_next(elem
)));
375 static struct fp_dscv_dev
*discover_dev(libusb_dev
*udev
)
377 const struct usb_id
*usb_id
;
378 struct fp_driver
*drv
= find_supporting_driver(udev
, &usb_id
);
379 struct fp_dscv_dev
*ddev
;
380 uint32_t devtype
= 0;
386 int r
= drv
->discover(usb_id
, &devtype
);
388 fp_err("%s discover failed, code %d", drv
->name
, r
);
393 ddev
= g_malloc0(sizeof(*ddev
));
396 ddev
->driver_data
= usb_id
->driver_data
;
397 ddev
->devtype
= devtype
;
401 /** \ingroup dscv_dev
402 * Scans the system and returns a list of discovered devices. This is your
403 * entry point into finding a fingerprint reader to operate.
404 * \returns a NULL-terminated list of discovered devices. Must be freed with
405 * fp_dscv_devs_free() after use.
407 API_EXPORTED
struct fp_dscv_dev
**fp_discover_devs(void)
409 GSList
*tmplist
= NULL
;
410 struct fp_dscv_dev
**list
;
411 struct libusb_dev
*udev
;
414 if (registered_drivers
== NULL
)
417 libusb_find_devices();
419 /* Check each device against each driver, temporarily storing successfully
420 * discovered devices in a GSList.
422 * Quite inefficient but excusable as we'll only be dealing with small
423 * sets of drivers against small sets of USB devices */
424 for (udev
= libusb_get_devices(); udev
; udev
= libusb_dev_next(udev
)) {
425 struct fp_dscv_dev
*ddev
= discover_dev(udev
);
428 tmplist
= g_slist_prepend(tmplist
, (gpointer
) ddev
);
432 /* Convert our temporary GSList into a standard NULL-terminated pointer
434 list
= g_malloc(sizeof(*list
) * (dscv_count
+ 1));
435 if (dscv_count
> 0) {
436 GSList
*elem
= tmplist
;
439 list
[i
++] = elem
->data
;
440 } while ((elem
= g_slist_next(elem
)));
442 list
[dscv_count
] = NULL
; /* NULL-terminate */
444 g_slist_free(tmplist
);
448 /** \ingroup dscv_dev
449 * Free a list of discovered devices. This function destroys the list and all
450 * discovered devices that it included, so make sure you have opened your
451 * discovered device <b>before</b> freeing the list.
452 * \param devs the list of discovered devices. If NULL, function simply
455 API_EXPORTED
void fp_dscv_devs_free(struct fp_dscv_dev
**devs
)
461 for (i
= 0; devs
[i
]; i
++)
466 /** \ingroup dscv_dev
467 * Gets the \ref drv "driver" for a discovered device.
468 * \param dev the discovered device
469 * \returns the driver backing the device
471 API_EXPORTED
struct fp_driver
*fp_dscv_dev_get_driver(struct fp_dscv_dev
*dev
)
476 /** \ingroup dscv_dev
477 * Gets the \ref devtype "devtype" for a discovered device.
478 * \param dev the discovered device
479 * \returns the devtype of the device
481 API_EXPORTED
uint32_t fp_dscv_dev_get_devtype(struct fp_dscv_dev
*dev
)
486 enum fp_print_data_type
fpi_driver_get_data_type(struct fp_driver
*drv
)
489 case DRIVER_PRIMITIVE
:
490 return PRINT_DATA_RAW
;
492 return PRINT_DATA_NBIS_MINUTIAE
;
494 fp_err("unrecognised drv type %d", drv
->type
);
495 return PRINT_DATA_RAW
;
499 /** \ingroup dscv_dev
500 * Determines if a specific \ref print_data "stored print" appears to be
501 * compatible with a discovered device.
502 * \param dev the discovered device
503 * \param data the print for compatibility checking
504 * \returns 1 if the print is compatible with the device, 0 otherwise
506 API_EXPORTED
int fp_dscv_dev_supports_print_data(struct fp_dscv_dev
*dev
,
507 struct fp_print_data
*data
)
509 return fpi_print_data_compatible(dev
->drv
->id
, dev
->devtype
,
510 fpi_driver_get_data_type(dev
->drv
), data
->driver_id
, data
->devtype
,
514 /** \ingroup dscv_dev
515 * Determines if a specific \ref dscv_print "discovered print" appears to be
516 * compatible with a discovered device.
517 * \param dev the discovered device
518 * \param data the discovered print for compatibility checking
519 * \returns 1 if the print is compatible with the device, 0 otherwise
521 API_EXPORTED
int fp_dscv_dev_supports_dscv_print(struct fp_dscv_dev
*dev
,
522 struct fp_dscv_print
*data
)
524 return fpi_print_data_compatible(dev
->drv
->id
, dev
->devtype
, 0,
525 data
->driver_id
, data
->devtype
, 0);
528 /** \ingroup dscv_dev
529 * Searches a list of discovered devices for a device that appears to be
530 * compatible with a \ref print_data "stored print".
531 * \param devs a list of discovered devices
532 * \param data the print under inspection
533 * \returns the first discovered device that appears to support the print, or
534 * NULL if no apparently compatible devices could be found
536 API_EXPORTED
struct fp_dscv_dev
*fp_dscv_dev_for_print_data(struct fp_dscv_dev
**devs
,
537 struct fp_print_data
*data
)
539 struct fp_dscv_dev
*ddev
;
542 for (i
= 0; (ddev
= devs
[i
]); i
++)
543 if (fp_dscv_dev_supports_print_data(ddev
, data
))
548 /** \ingroup dscv_dev
549 * Searches a list of discovered devices for a device that appears to be
550 * compatible with a \ref dscv_print "discovered print".
551 * \param devs a list of discovered devices
552 * \param print the print under inspection
553 * \returns the first discovered device that appears to support the print, or
554 * NULL if no apparently compatible devices could be found
556 API_EXPORTED
struct fp_dscv_dev
*fp_dscv_dev_for_dscv_print(struct fp_dscv_dev
**devs
,
557 struct fp_dscv_print
*print
)
559 struct fp_dscv_dev
*ddev
;
562 for (i
= 0; (ddev
= devs
[i
]); i
++)
563 if (fp_dscv_dev_supports_dscv_print(ddev
, print
))
569 * Opens and initialises a device. This is the function you call in order
570 * to convert a \ref dscv_dev "discovered device" into an actual device handle
571 * that you can perform operations with.
572 * \param ddev the discovered device to open
573 * \returns the opened device handle, or NULL on error
575 API_EXPORTED
struct fp_dev
*fp_dev_open(struct fp_dscv_dev
*ddev
)
578 struct fp_driver
*drv
= ddev
->drv
;
582 libusb_dev_handle
*udevh
= libusb_open(ddev
->udev
);
584 fp_err("usb_open failed");
588 dev
= g_malloc0(sizeof(*dev
));
591 dev
->__enroll_stage
= -1;
592 dev
->state
= DEV_STATE_INITIALIZING
;
594 r
= fpi_drv_init(dev
, ddev
->driver_data
);
596 fp_err("device initialisation failed, driver=%s", drv
->name
);
600 while (dev
->state
== DEV_STATE_INITIALIZING
)
601 if (fp_handle_events() < 0)
603 if (dev
->state
!= DEV_STATE_INITIALIZED
)
606 opened_devices
= g_slist_prepend(opened_devices
, (gpointer
) dev
);
611 while (dev
->state
== DEV_STATE_DEINITIALIZING
) {
612 if (fp_handle_events() < 0)
621 /* performs close operation without modifying opened_devices list */
622 static void do_close(struct fp_dev
*dev
)
625 while (dev
->state
== DEV_STATE_DEINITIALIZING
)
626 if (fp_handle_events() < 0)
629 libusb_close(dev
->udev
);
634 * Close a device. You must call this function when you are finished using
635 * a fingerprint device.
636 * \param dev the device to close. If NULL, function simply returns.
638 API_EXPORTED
void fp_dev_close(struct fp_dev
*dev
)
645 if (g_slist_index(opened_devices
, (gconstpointer
) dev
) == -1)
646 fp_err("device %p not in opened list!", dev
);
647 opened_devices
= g_slist_remove(opened_devices
, (gconstpointer
) dev
);
652 * Get the \ref drv "driver" for a fingerprint device.
653 * \param dev the device
654 * \returns the driver controlling the device
656 API_EXPORTED
struct fp_driver
*fp_dev_get_driver(struct fp_dev
*dev
)
662 * Gets the number of \ref enrolling "enroll stages" required to enroll a
663 * fingerprint with the device.
664 * \param dev the device
665 * \returns the number of enroll stages
667 API_EXPORTED
int fp_dev_get_nr_enroll_stages(struct fp_dev
*dev
)
669 return dev
->nr_enroll_stages
;
673 * Gets the \ref devtype "devtype" for a device.
674 * \param dev the device
675 * \returns the devtype
677 API_EXPORTED
uint32_t fp_dev_get_devtype(struct fp_dev
*dev
)
683 * Determines if a stored print is compatible with a certain device.
684 * \param dev the device
685 * \param data the stored print
686 * \returns 1 if the print is compatible with the device, 0 if not
688 API_EXPORTED
int fp_dev_supports_print_data(struct fp_dev
*dev
,
689 struct fp_print_data
*data
)
691 return fpi_print_data_compatible(dev
->drv
->id
, dev
->devtype
,
692 fpi_driver_get_data_type(dev
->drv
), data
->driver_id
, data
->devtype
,
697 * Determines if a \ref dscv_print "discovered print" appears to be compatible
698 * with a certain device.
699 * \param dev the device
700 * \param data the discovered print
701 * \returns 1 if the print is compatible with the device, 0 if not
703 API_EXPORTED
int fp_dev_supports_dscv_print(struct fp_dev
*dev
,
704 struct fp_dscv_print
*data
)
706 return fpi_print_data_compatible(dev
->drv
->id
, dev
->devtype
,
707 0, data
->driver_id
, data
->devtype
, 0);
711 * Retrieves the name of the driver. For example: "upekts"
712 * \param drv the driver
713 * \returns the driver name. Must not be modified or freed.
715 API_EXPORTED
const char *fp_driver_get_name(struct fp_driver
*drv
)
721 * Retrieves a descriptive name of the driver. For example: "UPEK TouchStrip"
722 * \param drv the driver
723 * \returns the descriptive name. Must not be modified or freed.
725 API_EXPORTED
const char *fp_driver_get_full_name(struct fp_driver
*drv
)
727 return drv
->full_name
;
731 * Retrieves the driver ID code for a driver.
732 * \param drv the driver
733 * \returns the driver ID
735 API_EXPORTED
uint16_t fp_driver_get_driver_id(struct fp_driver
*drv
)
740 static struct fp_img_dev
*dev_to_img_dev(struct fp_dev
*dev
)
742 if (dev
->drv
->type
!= DRIVER_IMAGING
)
748 * Determines if a device has imaging capabilities. If a device has imaging
749 * capabilities you are able to perform imaging operations such as retrieving
750 * scan images using fp_dev_img_capture(). However, not all devices are
751 * imaging devices - some do all processing in hardware. This function will
752 * indicate which class a device in question falls into.
753 * \param dev the fingerprint device
754 * \returns 1 if the device is an imaging device, 0 if the device does not
755 * provide images to the host computer
757 API_EXPORTED
int fp_dev_supports_imaging(struct fp_dev
*dev
)
759 return dev
->drv
->type
== DRIVER_IMAGING
;
763 * Determines if a device is capable of \ref identification "identification"
764 * through fp_identify_finger() and similar. Not all devices support this
766 * \param dev the fingerprint device
767 * \returns 1 if the device is capable of identification, 0 otherwise.
769 API_EXPORTED
int fp_dev_supports_identification(struct fp_dev
*dev
)
771 return dev
->drv
->identify_start
!= NULL
;
775 * Captures an \ref img "image" from a device. The returned image is the raw
776 * image provided by the device, you may wish to \ref img_std "standardize" it.
778 * If set, the <tt>unconditional</tt> flag indicates that the device should
779 * capture an image unconditionally, regardless of whether a finger is there
780 * or not. If unset, this function will block until a finger is detected on
783 * \param dev the device
784 * \param unconditional whether to unconditionally capture an image, or to only capture when a finger is detected
785 * \param image a location to return the captured image. Must be freed with
786 * fp_img_free() after use.
787 * \return 0 on success, non-zero on error. -ENOTSUP indicates that either the
788 * unconditional flag was set but the device does not support this, or that the
789 * device does not support imaging.
790 * \sa fp_dev_supports_imaging()
792 API_EXPORTED
int fp_dev_img_capture(struct fp_dev
*dev
, int unconditional
,
793 struct fp_img
**image
)
795 struct fp_img_dev
*imgdev
= dev_to_img_dev(dev
);
797 fp_dbg("image capture on non-imaging device");
801 //return fpi_imgdev_capture(imgdev, unconditional, image);
802 /* FIXME reimplement async */
807 * Gets the expected width of images that will be captured from the device.
808 * This function will return -1 for devices that are not
809 * \ref imaging "imaging devices". If the width of images from this device
810 * can vary, 0 will be returned.
811 * \param dev the device
812 * \returns the expected image width, or 0 for variable, or -1 for non-imaging
815 API_EXPORTED
int fp_dev_get_img_width(struct fp_dev
*dev
)
817 struct fp_img_dev
*imgdev
= dev_to_img_dev(dev
);
819 fp_dbg("get image width for non-imaging device");
823 return fpi_imgdev_get_img_width(imgdev
);
827 * Gets the expected height of images that will be captured from the device.
828 * This function will return -1 for devices that are not
829 * \ref imaging "imaging devices". If the height of images from this device
830 * can vary, 0 will be returned.
831 * \param dev the device
832 * \returns the expected image height, or 0 for variable, or -1 for non-imaging
835 API_EXPORTED
int fp_dev_get_img_height(struct fp_dev
*dev
)
837 struct fp_img_dev
*imgdev
= dev_to_img_dev(dev
);
839 fp_dbg("get image height for non-imaging device");
843 return fpi_imgdev_get_img_height(imgdev
);
846 struct sync_enroll_data
{
849 struct fp_print_data
*data
;
853 static void sync_enroll_cb(struct fp_dev
*dev
, int result
,
854 struct fp_print_data
*data
, struct fp_img
*img
)
856 struct sync_enroll_data
*edata
= dev
->enroll_data
;
857 edata
->result
= result
;
860 edata
->populated
= TRUE
;
864 * Performs an enroll stage. See \ref enrolling for an explanation of enroll
867 * If no enrollment is in process, this kicks of the process and runs the
868 * first stage. If an enrollment is already in progress, calling this
869 * function runs the next stage, which may well be the last.
871 * A negative error code may be returned from any stage. When this occurs,
872 * further calls to the enroll function will start a new enrollment process,
873 * i.e. a negative error code indicates that the enrollment process has been
874 * aborted. These error codes only ever indicate unexpected internal errors
877 * The RETRY codes from #fp_enroll_result may be returned from any enroll
878 * stage. These codes indicate that the scan was not succesful in that the
879 * user did not position their finger correctly or similar. When a RETRY code
880 * is returned, the enrollment stage is <b>not</b> advanced, so the next call
881 * into this function will retry the current stage again. The current stage may
882 * need to be retried several times.
884 * The fp_enroll_result#FP_ENROLL_FAIL code may be returned from any enroll
885 * stage. This code indicates that even though the scans themselves have been
886 * acceptable, data processing applied to these scans produces incomprehensible
887 * results. In other words, the user may have been scanning a different finger
888 * for each stage or something like that. Like negative error codes, this
889 * return code indicates that the enrollment process has been aborted.
891 * The fp_enroll_result#FP_ENROLL_PASS code will only ever be returned for
892 * non-final stages. This return code indicates that the scan was acceptable
893 * and the next call into this function will advance onto the next enroll
896 * The fp_enroll_result#FP_ENROLL_COMPLETE code will only ever be returned
897 * from the final enroll stage. It indicates that enrollment completed
898 * successfully, and that print_data has been assigned to point to the
899 * resultant enrollment data. The print_data parameter will not be modified
900 * during any other enrollment stages, hence it is actually legal to pass NULL
901 * as this argument for all but the final stage.
903 * If the device is an imaging device, it can also return the image from
904 * the scan, even when the enroll fails with a RETRY or FAIL code. It is legal
905 * to call this function even on non-imaging devices, just don't expect them to
908 * \param dev the device
909 * \param print_data a location to return the resultant enrollment data from
910 * the final stage. Must be freed with fp_print_data_free() after use.
911 * \param img location to store the scan image. accepts NULL for no image
912 * storage. If an image is returned, it must be freed with fp_img_free() after
914 * \return negative code on error, otherwise a code from #fp_enroll_result
916 API_EXPORTED
int fp_enroll_finger_img(struct fp_dev
*dev
,
917 struct fp_print_data
**print_data
, struct fp_img
**img
)
919 struct fp_driver
*drv
= dev
->drv
;
920 int stage
= dev
->__enroll_stage
;
921 gboolean final
= FALSE
;
922 struct sync_enroll_data
*edata
;
925 if (!dev
->nr_enroll_stages
|| !drv
->enroll_start
) {
926 fp_err("driver %s has 0 enroll stages or no enroll func",
932 fp_dbg("starting enrollment");
933 r
= fpi_drv_enroll_start(dev
, sync_enroll_cb
);
935 fp_err("failed to start enrollment");
938 while (dev
->state
== DEV_STATE_ENROLL_STARTING
) {
939 r
= fp_handle_events();
944 if (dev
->state
!= DEV_STATE_ENROLLING
) {
949 dev
->__enroll_stage
= ++stage
;
950 dev
->enroll_data
= g_malloc0(sizeof(struct sync_enroll_data
));
951 } else if (stage
>= dev
->nr_enroll_stages
) {
952 fp_err("exceeding number of enroll stages for device claimed by "
953 "driver %s (%d stages)", drv
->name
, dev
->nr_enroll_stages
);
954 dev
->__enroll_stage
= -1;
959 fp_dbg("%s will handle enroll stage %d/%d", drv
->name
, stage
,
960 dev
->nr_enroll_stages
- 1);
962 edata
= dev
->enroll_data
;
963 while (!edata
->populated
) {
964 r
= fp_handle_events();
971 edata
->populated
= FALSE
;
976 fp_img_free(edata
->img
);
981 fp_dbg("enroll stage passed");
982 dev
->__enroll_stage
= stage
+ 1;
984 case FP_ENROLL_COMPLETE
:
985 fp_dbg("enroll complete");
986 dev
->__enroll_stage
= -1;
987 *print_data
= edata
->data
;
990 case FP_ENROLL_RETRY
:
991 fp_dbg("enroll should retry");
993 case FP_ENROLL_RETRY_TOO_SHORT
:
994 fp_dbg("swipe was too short, enroll should retry");
996 case FP_ENROLL_RETRY_CENTER_FINGER
:
997 fp_dbg("finger was not centered, enroll should retry");
999 case FP_ENROLL_RETRY_REMOVE_FINGER
:
1000 fp_dbg("scan failed, remove finger and retry");
1002 case FP_ENROLL_FAIL
:
1003 fp_err("enroll failed");
1004 dev
->__enroll_stage
= -1;
1008 fp_err("unrecognised return code %d", r
);
1009 dev
->__enroll_stage
= -1;
1017 fp_dbg("ending enrollment");
1018 if (fpi_drv_enroll_stop(dev
) == 0)
1019 while (dev
->state
== DEV_STATE_ENROLL_STOPPING
) {
1020 if (fp_handle_events() < 0)
1023 g_free(dev
->enroll_data
);
1029 if (fpi_drv_enroll_stop(dev
) == 0)
1030 while (dev
->state
== DEV_STATE_ENROLL_STOPPING
)
1031 if (fp_handle_events() < 0)
1036 struct sync_verify_data
{
1042 static void sync_verify_cb(struct fp_dev
*dev
, int result
, struct fp_img
*img
)
1044 struct sync_verify_data
*vdata
= dev
->sync_verify_data
;
1045 vdata
->result
= result
;
1047 vdata
->populated
= TRUE
;
1051 * Performs a new scan and verify it against a previously enrolled print.
1052 * If the device is an imaging device, it can also return the image from
1053 * the scan, even when the verify fails with a RETRY code. It is legal to
1054 * call this function even on non-imaging devices, just don't expect them to
1057 * \param dev the device to perform the scan.
1058 * \param enrolled_print the print to verify against. Must have been previously
1059 * enrolled with a device compatible to the device selected to perform the scan.
1060 * \param img location to store the scan image. accepts NULL for no image
1061 * storage. If an image is returned, it must be freed with fp_img_free() after
1063 * \return negative code on error, otherwise a code from #fp_verify_result
1065 API_EXPORTED
int fp_verify_finger_img(struct fp_dev
*dev
,
1066 struct fp_print_data
*enrolled_print
, struct fp_img
**img
)
1068 struct fp_driver
*drv
= dev
->drv
;
1069 struct sync_verify_data
*vdata
;
1072 if (!enrolled_print
) {
1073 fp_err("no print given");
1077 if (!drv
->verify_start
) {
1078 fp_err("driver %s has no verify func", drv
->name
);
1082 if (!fp_dev_supports_print_data(dev
, enrolled_print
)) {
1083 fp_err("print is not compatible with device");
1087 fp_dbg("to be handled by %s", drv
->name
);
1088 r
= fpi_drv_verify_start(dev
, sync_verify_cb
, enrolled_print
);
1090 fp_dbg("verify_start error %d", r
);
1093 while (dev
->state
== DEV_STATE_VERIFY_STARTING
) {
1094 r
= fp_handle_events();
1098 if (dev
->state
!= DEV_STATE_VERIFYING
) {
1103 dev
->sync_verify_data
= g_malloc0(sizeof(struct sync_verify_data
));
1104 vdata
= dev
->sync_verify_data
;
1106 while (!vdata
->populated
) {
1107 r
= fp_handle_events();
1117 fp_img_free(vdata
->img
);
1120 g_free(dev
->sync_verify_data
);
1122 case FP_VERIFY_NO_MATCH
:
1123 fp_dbg("result: no match");
1125 case FP_VERIFY_MATCH
:
1126 fp_dbg("result: match");
1128 case FP_VERIFY_RETRY
:
1129 fp_dbg("verify should retry");
1131 case FP_VERIFY_RETRY_TOO_SHORT
:
1132 fp_dbg("swipe was too short, verify should retry");
1134 case FP_VERIFY_RETRY_CENTER_FINGER
:
1135 fp_dbg("finger was not centered, verify should retry");
1137 case FP_VERIFY_RETRY_REMOVE_FINGER
:
1138 fp_dbg("scan failed, remove finger and retry");
1141 fp_err("unrecognised return code %d", r
);
1146 fp_dbg("ending verification");
1147 if (fpi_drv_verify_stop(dev
) == 0) {
1148 while (dev
->state
== DEV_STATE_VERIFY_STOPPING
) {
1149 if (fp_handle_events() < 0)
1157 struct sync_identify_data
{
1160 size_t match_offset
;
1164 static void sync_identify_cb(struct fp_dev
*dev
, int result
,
1165 size_t match_offset
, struct fp_img
*img
)
1167 struct sync_identify_data
*idata
= dev
->sync_identify_data
;
1168 idata
->result
= result
;
1169 idata
->match_offset
= match_offset
;
1171 idata
->populated
= TRUE
;
1175 * Performs a new scan and attempts to identify the scanned finger against
1176 * a collection of previously enrolled fingerprints.
1177 * If the device is an imaging device, it can also return the image from
1178 * the scan, even when identification fails with a RETRY code. It is legal to
1179 * call this function even on non-imaging devices, just don't expect them to
1182 * This function returns codes from #fp_verify_result. The return code
1183 * fp_verify_result#FP_VERIFY_MATCH indicates that the scanned fingerprint
1184 * does appear in the print gallery, and the match_offset output parameter
1185 * will indicate the index into the print gallery array of the matched print.
1187 * This function will not necessarily examine the whole print gallery, it
1188 * will return as soon as it finds a matching print.
1190 * Not all devices support identification. -ENOTSUP will be returned when
1193 * \param dev the device to perform the scan.
1194 * \param print_gallery NULL-terminated array of pointers to the prints to
1195 * identify against. Each one must have been previously enrolled with a device
1196 * compatible to the device selected to perform the scan.
1197 * \param match_offset output location to store the array index of the matched
1198 * gallery print (if any was found). Only valid if FP_VERIFY_MATCH was
1200 * \param img location to store the scan image. accepts NULL for no image
1201 * storage. If an image is returned, it must be freed with fp_img_free() after
1203 * \return negative code on error, otherwise a code from #fp_verify_result
1205 API_EXPORTED
int fp_identify_finger_img(struct fp_dev
*dev
,
1206 struct fp_print_data
**print_gallery
, size_t *match_offset
,
1207 struct fp_img
**img
)
1209 struct fp_driver
*drv
= dev
->drv
;
1210 struct sync_identify_data
*idata
;
1213 if (!drv
->identify_start
) {
1214 fp_dbg("driver %s has no identify func", drv
->name
);
1217 fp_dbg("to be handled by %s", drv
->name
);
1219 r
= fpi_drv_identify_start(dev
, sync_identify_cb
, print_gallery
);
1221 fp_err("identify_start error %d", r
);
1224 while (dev
->state
== DEV_STATE_IDENTIFY_STARTING
) {
1225 r
= fp_handle_events();
1229 if (dev
->state
!= DEV_STATE_IDENTIFYING
) {
1234 dev
->sync_identify_data
= g_malloc0(sizeof(struct sync_identify_data
));
1235 idata
= dev
->sync_identify_data
;
1237 while (!idata
->populated
) {
1238 r
= fp_handle_events();
1248 fp_img_free(idata
->img
);
1252 case FP_VERIFY_NO_MATCH
:
1253 fp_dbg("result: no match");
1255 case FP_VERIFY_MATCH
:
1256 fp_dbg("result: match at offset %zd", match_offset
);
1257 *match_offset
= idata
->match_offset
;
1259 case FP_VERIFY_RETRY
:
1260 fp_dbg("verify should retry");
1262 case FP_VERIFY_RETRY_TOO_SHORT
:
1263 fp_dbg("swipe was too short, verify should retry");
1265 case FP_VERIFY_RETRY_CENTER_FINGER
:
1266 fp_dbg("finger was not centered, verify should retry");
1268 case FP_VERIFY_RETRY_REMOVE_FINGER
:
1269 fp_dbg("scan failed, remove finger and retry");
1272 fp_err("unrecognised return code %d", r
);
1275 g_free(dev
->sync_identify_data
);
1278 if (fpi_drv_identify_stop(dev
) == 0) {
1279 while (dev
->state
== DEV_STATE_IDENTIFY_STOPPING
) {
1280 if (fp_handle_events() < 0)
1289 * Initialise libfprint. This function must be called before you attempt to
1290 * use the library in any way.
1291 * \return 0 on success, non-zero on error.
1293 API_EXPORTED
int fp_init(void)
1307 * Deinitialise libfprint. This function should be called during your program
1308 * exit sequence. You must not use any libfprint functions after calling this
1309 * function, unless you call fp_init() again.
1311 API_EXPORTED
void fp_exit(void)
1313 GSList
*elem
= opened_devices
;
1318 fp_dbg("naughty app left a device open on exit!");
1319 do_close((struct fp_dev
*) elem
->data
);
1320 } while ((elem
= g_slist_next(elem
)));
1321 g_slist_free(opened_devices
);
1322 opened_devices
= NULL
;
1327 g_slist_free(registered_drivers
);
1328 registered_drivers
= NULL
;