Biometric Standards Support Add-on For VeriFinger SDK

Neurotechnology offers Biometric Standards Support (BSS) Add-on For VeriFinger SDK. The BSS Add-on allows to integrate support for fingerprint template and image format standards and additional image formats with existing biometric systems based on VeriFinger SDK.

These biometric standards are supported:

• BioAPI 2.0 (ISO/IEC 19784-1:2006) (Framework and Biometric Service Provider for fingerprint identification engine)
• ISO/IEC 19794-2:2005 (Fingerprint Minutiae Data)
• ISO/IEC 19794-4:2005 (Finger Image Data)
• ANSI/INCITS 378-2004 (Finger Minutiae Format for Data Interchange)
• ANSI/INCITS 381-2004 (Finger Image-Based Data Interchange Format)
• ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2007 (Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial, & Other Biometric Information)

The BSS Add-on allows conversion between VeriFinger templates, ISO/IEC 19794-2:2005, ANSI/INCITS 378-2004 and ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2007 templates.

BSS Add-on also allows to integrate image format support into applications based on VeriFinger SDK. The following image formats are supported:

• WSQ (Wavelet Scalar Quantization)
• NIST IHead
• JPEG 2000 with 1000 dpi Fingerprint Profile

The WSQ format allows to compress a fingerprint image up to 10-15 times. WSQ compression process is "lossy", meaning that the reconstructed image is not equal to the original (some information is lost). However, the WSQ algorithm was specially designed to minimize the loss of fingerprint information therefore the reconstructed image is as close as possible to the original.

Add-on Structure

The BSS Add-on for VeriFinger includes:

• A component that supports all mentioned biometric standards and performs template conversion
• WSQ, JPEG 2000 and IHead image format support component
• Documentation

Supported Platforms and System Requirements

The included components can be used from C/C++ and C# applications. The add-on supports platforms based on x86 processor architecture. Libraries for Windows and Linux operating systems are provided. .NET wrappers of Windows libraries are provided for .NET developers.

General system requirements for the BSS Add-on are the same as the system requirements for VeriFinger SDK.

Add-on Trial

The Biometric Standards Support Add-on can be downloaded and tried together with valid 30-day trial versions of VeriFinger 6.2 Standard SDK or Extended SDK.

Licensing and Ordering Information

Components of the add-on can be used on any computer that has an installation license for a VeriFinger component.

The BSS Add-on for VeriFinger SDK costs EUR 700 and can be ordered by existing VeriFinger SDK customers.

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