VeriFinger is Now Used in All Polish Passport Offices for Biometric Passport
Application, Generation and Issuance Processes
VILNIUS, Lithuania, March 1 /PRNewswire/ — Neurotechnology
(http://www.neurotechnology.com), a provider of high-precision biometric
identification technologies, announced today that VeriFinger was selected to
be the fingerprint verification engine for Poland’s new biometric passport
system. Now implemented in more than 130 passport offices throughout the
country, VeriFinger provides reliable 1:1 fingerprint verification at each
stage of the passport application, generation and issuance process. Passport
producer Polish Security Printing Works (Polska Wytwornia Papierow
Wartosciowych S.A. or PWPW) selected the VeriFinger Software Development Kit
(SDK) for its combination of high accuracy, very fast matching and the
flexibility to work with a wide variety of programming languages and software
platforms. Competitive pricing and flexible licensing options from
Neurotechnology enabled PWPW to quickly obtain, develop and implement the
VeriFinger technology in the new biometric passport system.
“Poland’s biometric passport verification is a very important and practical
use for our VeriFinger technology,” said Dr. Algimantas Malickas, CEO of
Neurotechnology. “We are pleased that Polish Security Printing Works explored
the advantages provided by VeriFinger and decided to implement it for this
project.”
All new biometric passports issued by the Polish government are equipped with
a contactless microprocessor chip that stores the passport holder’s biometric
fingerprint information. VeriFinger is used in two stages of the passport
issuance process:
* Application – When an applicant provides a fingerprint image, VeriFinger is
used to provide a quality score that determines if the image quality is high
enough for use in the biometric passport chip.
* Final Verification and Issuance – When the applicant comes in to receive
his or her passport, the applicant enrolls the same set of fingerprints and
VeriFinger is used to compare the new fingerprint images with those contained
in the passport chip. If the match is verified, the new biometric passport is
issued to the applicant.
VeriFinger SDK fingerprint identification technology is available for the
development of PC- and Web-based solutions on Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac
OS X platforms. VeriFinger supports multiple scanners and programming
languages and works with databases of unlimited size, assuring system
performance with fast, reliable fingerprint matching in 1-to-1 and 1-to-many
modes. The VeriFinger algorithm has been incorporated in more than 1000
end-user product brands in 98 countries over the past 11 years. VeriFinger
includes a NIST MINEX- certified algorithm which consistently has won
Fingerprint Verification Competition (FVC) and FpVTE awards since 2000.
VeriFinger is capable of fast matching with high reliability and is highly
tolerant of rolled and flat fingerprint captures as well as translation,
rotation and deformation of the fingerprint image.
The Software Development Kit for VeriFinger, as well as other award-winning
biometric technologies from Neurotechnology (including MegaMatcher for
large-scale AFIS and multi-biometric systems, VeriLook for facial
recognition and VeriEye for iris recognition), are available with highly
competitive licensing options through Neurotechnology or from distributors
worldwide. 30-day trial versions with full functionality are also available
for download. For more information, go to: http://www.neurotechnology.com.
About Neurotechnology
Neurotechnology is a provider of high-precision biometric fingerprint, face,
iris and palmprint identification algorithms, object recognition technology
and software development products. More than 2000 system integrators, security
companies and hardware providers integrate Neurotechnology’s algorithms into
their products. With millions of customer installations worldwide,
Neurotechnology’s products are used for both civil and forensic applications,
including border crossings, criminal investigations, systems for voter
registration, verification and duplication checking, passport issuance and
other national-scale projects.
Neurotechnology’s identification algorithms have consistently earned the
highest honors in some of the industry’s most rigorous competitions, including
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)’s Fingerprint Vendor
Technology Evaluation (FpVTE) and the Fingerprint Verification Competitions
(FVC).
Drawing from years of academic research in the fields of neuroinformatics,
image processing and pattern recognition, Neurotechnology was founded in 1990
in Vilnius, Lithuania and released its first fingerprint identification
system in 1991. Since that time the company has released more than 60 products
and version upgrades for identification and verification of objects and
personal identity.
Media Contact:
Jennifer Allen Newton
Bluehouse Consulting Group, Inc.
+1-503-805-7540
Jennifer (at) bluehousecg.com
SOURCE Neurotechnology
Jennifer Allen Newton of Bluehouse Consulting Group, Inc., +1-503-805-7540,
Jennifer(at)bluehousecg.com, for Neurotechnology