Abstract
Recent researches have shown great attention in biometric systems due to the importance of its applications and its challenges. Researchers proved that the available fingerprint recognition systems are vulnerable to attack at sensor level. Thus, developing an efficient algorithm to protect fingerprint systems from imposer access is urgent. This can be achieved by checking the vitality of a presented fingerprint using hardware or software solutions. This survey focuses on current state of art in the field of fingerprint liveness detection by summarizing the related researches.