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DOD Deploys Biometric ID System

Reading two adjacent fingers is the key to a real world virtually error-free biometric identification system.

AMHERST, N.Y. -- The Department of Defense U.S Army Research Labs and Ultra-Scan Corporation will develop a new live-scan ultrasonic identification system for field military environments.

The Army contract, the second phase of a $1 million contract by the Department of Defense, is for work following Ultra-Scan's successful demonstration of unprecedented high accuracy in its initial tests. The DOD specifications are for an in-the-field accuracy rate of less (EER) than one error per million.

"Through this Phase II contract, the DOD has expressed its confidence in Ultra-Scan to build an ultrasonic-based next-generation biometric device that outperforms any existing biometric technology while operating in an outdoor field deployed environment," said Dr. John K. Schneider, president and chief technology officer for Ultra-Scan.

The technology performance requirements are not only demanding in terms of unprecedented accuracy (1,000 times more accurate than legacy biometric systems), and speed, but also the ability to withstand the rigors of any military field environment.

Ultrasonics has proven to be the only biometric technology capable of reaching this level of accuracy in real world conditions of adverse weather extremes and harsh treatment. Applications from this defense contract will carry over into mainstream commercial markets, like airports, healthcare systems, ATMs, kiosks, pay-at-the-pump and merchant locations.

The system being built is a live-scan ultrasonic identification system (LUIS) that can read two adjacent fingers in a single pass, a major achievement in biometric technology. Ultra-Scan's capture of two images in a single pass, and the use of patented high-frequency ultrasonic sound wave technology, dramatically increases image quality and the accuracy rate of matches.


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