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ANSI/INCITS 378 Fingerprint SDK
- certified by NIST in MINEX test
- FIPS 201 compliant

Application developers and system integrators use ANSI-Kit SDK to develop ANSI/INCITS 378 or ISO/IEC 19794-2 compliant applications for governments and public administrations. ANSI-Kit SDK extractor and matcher were certified ANSI/INCITS 378-compliant by US Government National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) in the Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test (MINEX). More on MINEX: http://fingerprint.nist.gov/minex/.

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Features and Benefits

• ANSI/INCITS 378 Generator
  MINEX-certified minutiae feature extractor and template generator. Product ID: CBEFF PID 00350A01.
• ANSI/INCITS 378 Matcher
  MINEX-certified template matcher. Product ID: CBEFF 00350B01.
• IEngine™ core
  Innovatrics world-class algorithm ensures speed, accuracy and reliability of the template extraction and matching. The algorithm uses only fixed point operations, resulting in high speeds on less powerful platforms as well.
• PC and Mobile platforms
  ANSI-Kit SDK exists in two versions depending on the target platform:
  • ANSI-Kit PC SDK for Intel Pentium, Win32 platform
  • ANSI-Kit Mobile SDK for Intel PXA, WinCE platform
  Both SDK versions are the same; the only difference is the target platform on which they are compiled.

How it works

Step 1. Fingerprint Image Acquisition
ANSI-Kit SDK takes as input a fingerprint image (.BMP), which can come from any scanner. For a complete compliance of your complete application, make sure you use a FIPS 201 compliant fingerprint scanner. Innovatrics has created partnerships with market leading vendors who provide the following FIPS 201 compliant fingerprint scanners:

UPEK TCS1	SecuGen HamsterIV	CrossMatch Verifier310

Important: When purchasing the scanners, ask the vendor for image acquisition API. You will need it to extract the fingerprint image from the scanner.

Step 2. ANSI-Kit SDK Template Extraction
ANSI-Kit SDK Generator transforms the fingerprint images to ANSI compliant templates.

Step 3. ANSI-Kit SDK 1:1 Verification
ANSI-Kit SDK Matcher takes as input two ANSI compliant templates and returns corresponding similarity score.

The API of the ANSI-Kit SDK is based on MINEX API specifications designed by NIST. All functions in ANSI-Kit SDK library are thread-safe.

Utilization

Using standards-compliant generator and matcher ensure interoperability between vendors. For instance, interoperability is necessary where vendor A issues ID cards to government employees and vendor B provides access control devices to their facilities. Typically for these situations, ANSI-Kit SDK can be used in two scenarios:

• Enrollment Station
  
  • At registration ANSI-Kit SDK Generator extracts standard template from user's fingerprint image. The standard template is then stored on user's ID card.
  • After card issuance, ANSI-Kit SDK Matcher compares the template stored on the card with user's live finger to validate the registration procedure.
  
  
• Verification Station
  
  • ANSI-Kit SDK is used to verify users against their ID cards. The verification can be run on a PC station, on a PDA or embedded in access control device.

Typical applications

MINEX compliance is required by government and public administration programs, such as Personal Identity Verification (PIV), or Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC). Typical applications are:

• Enrollment and Card issuance stations
• Identity Card verification on PC and mobile stations
• Physical Access Control terminals
• Logical Access Control / Password replacement applications

MINEX compliance

"The Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test (MINEX) is an ongoing evaluation of the INCITS 378 fingerprint template. The test program has two mandates:

• To provide measurements of performance and interoperability of core template encoding and matching capabilities to users, vendors and interested parties.
• To establish compliance for template encoders and matchers for the United States Government's Personal Identity Verification (PIV) program."

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Software package

Both ANSI-Kit PC SDK and ANSI-Kit Mobile SDK package contains:

• ANSI-Kit SDK DLL libraries:
  • MINEX-certified extractor (CBEFF PID 00350A01),
  • MINEX-certified matcher (CBEFF PID 00350B01),
• Documentation (PDF, CHM),
• 1 Sample with source code in Microsoft Visual C++,
• Innovatrics License Manager.

Technical specifications

Performance and Warranty

The accuracy of Innovatrics ANSI-Kit SDK has been tested and certified by NIST in the MINEX04 tests. The Innovatrics outstanding performance has been documented in the MINEX04 report available here: http://fingerprint.nist.gov/minex04/minex_report.pdf.

Use or Return policy: Innovatrics offers a money-back warranty, which covers initial 60 days period since purchase of the SDK product.

Prices and Ordering

SDK and license prices are available upon request.

Worldwide customers: ANSI-Kit PC and ANSI-Kit Mobile SDK may be ordered directly from Innovatrics by sending an order e-mail to sales@innovatrics.com.

US & Canada customers: ANSI-Kit PC and ANSI-Kit Mobile SDK may be ordered through our distributor in North America: Swift Biometrics.