Electronic fingerprint readers are often used for security such as log-in authentication for the identification of a user for selective access to a computing system. As computing devices shrink in overall size and with downward pressure on device pricing, smaller and less expensive fingerprint readers are increasingly desired. While whole fingerprint readers have the greatest accuracy in user identification, the whole fingerprint is often not required for user identification. Often, only a portion of the user's fingerprint is required to adequately identify the user and thus a small segment fingerprint reader may be sufficient for user authentication. However, the smaller the sensing area of the small-segment fingerprint reader, the more likely that the fingerprint reader misidentifies the user or fails to collect sufficient information to identify the user. Systems and methods for improving identification accuracy of small-segment fingerprint readers are disclosed in detail herein.