Plug-n-Play AFIS Development for Criminal and Civil Applications

Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) is a de-facto standard for processing of identity claims in criminal and civilian settings around the world. There are dozens of commercial organizations and vendors offering their end-to-end solutions and software development kits (SDKs) world wide, yet the development and deployment of such a system is always an uphill task due to interdisciplinary nature and complexity of technical issues it comes with. This paper presents a plug-n-play AFIS solution for criminal and civilian applications that can be developed and deployed in less than three months with basic functions and minimum technical expertise. The proposed framework will set a benchmark for the in-house development of such system and provide a clear technical road map for clients to pursue in case they want to develop their own solution and looking for the most economical and technical-savvy route. The proposed solution is capable of acquiring images directly from ten-print card, adding facial images and demographic information in one application, and performs the routine verification & authentication tasks.