Evaluation and monitoring of fingerprint acquisitions for the European Visa Information System experiences from Austria

Author

Kneidinger, Peter ; Schwaiger, Michael

Author_Institution

Austrian Fed. Minist. for Eur. & Int. Affairs, Wien, Austria

fYear

2012

fDate

6-7 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

12

Abstract

The Biometric Evaluation Authority (BEA) concept allows to evaluate and monitor fingerprint acquisitions with regard to the European Visa Information System (VIS). In Austria, a BEA implementation was installed in order to evaluate the quality of the acquired fingerprints, the duration of the fingerprint acquisition process, the number of captures conducted and the results of fingerprint record uniqueness checks. This paper introduces the concept of the BEA and presents results of the Austrian visa application process achieved in the first months of the VIS in operation.

Keywords

fingerprint identification; government data processing; information systems; Austrian visa application process; BEA implementation; European VIS; European visa information system; biometric evaluation authority; fingerprint acquisition evaluation; fingerprint acquisition monitoring; fingerprint record uniqueness checks; Europe; Fingerprint recognition; Image matching; Information systems; Monitoring; Quality assurance; Thumb;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biometrics Special Interest Group (BIOSIG), 2012 BIOSIG - Proceedings of the International Conference of the

Conference_Location

Darmstadt

ISSN

1617-5468

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1010-9

Type

conf

Filename

6313534