
Testing done late this spring by the Department of Homeland Security’s research and development division on the use of biometric technology to identify travelers in high-throughput checkpoint environments demonstrated the importance of finding the right pairing of biometric capture system and identity matching algorithm for optimum performance, according to DHS Science and Technology (S&T). Of the 97 tests of various system combinations, which included multiple face, iris and fingerprint capture systems and multiple face, iris and fingerprint matching algorithms, just…