This paper proposed a novel 3D palmprint recognition algorithm by combining 3D palmprint features using D-S fusion theory. Firstly, the structured light imaging is used to acquire the 3D palmprint data. Secondly, two types of unique features, including mean curvature feature and Gaussian curvature feature, are extracted. Thirdly, the belief function of the mean curvature recognition and the Gaussian curvature recognition was assigned, respectively. Fourthly, the fusion belief function from the proposed method was determined by the Dempster-shafer (D-S) fusion theory. Finally, palmprint recognition was accomplished according to the classification criteria. A 3D palmprint database with 1000 range images from 100 individuals was established, on which extensive experiments were performed. The results show that the proposed method 3D palmprint recognition is much more robust to illumination variations and condition changes of palmprint than MCR and GCR. Meanwhile, by fusing mean curvature and Gaussian curvature feature, the experimental results are promising (the average equal error rate of 0.404%). In the future, imaging technique needs further improvement for a better recognition performance
