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Homeland Security

In Biometric Rally, The Combination Of Capture And Matching Systems Is Critical

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 10th, 2019

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In Biometric Rally, The Combination Of Capture And Matching Systems Is Critical

DHS Science and Technology 2019 Biometric Technology Rally banner.

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…

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