PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fingerprint processing apparatus capable of quickly verifying a fingerprint even if the center of the fingerprint is not specified.SOLUTION: Among feature points for a fingerprint specified in a fingerprint image to be verified, and based on a first degree indicating that a distance in between feature points is long, it is determined that a plurality of feature points with a large value for the first degree are representative feature points to be used for fingerprint collation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】指紋の中心を特定せずとも速度が速く照合することのできる指紋処理装置を提供する。【解決手段】照合元の指紋画像において特定した指紋の特徴点のうち、他の特徴点との間の距離が長いことを示す第一度合に基づいて当該第一度合の値が大きい複数の特徴点を、指紋照合に用いる代表特徴点と判定する。【選択図】図１
