A method of recognizing an injury pattern on a fingerprint is disclosed.
The method comprises the steps of providing biometric information to a
contact imager; imaging and characterizing the biometric information;
comparing an image of the biometric information against previously stored
templates; upon a comparison result of the comparison, determining an
injury pattern; wherein upon an injury pattern determination, performing
a comparison against a stored template based on features extracted from
the biometric data and the damage data.