





Application developers and system integrators use ANSI & ISO PC SDK to develop ANSI/INCITS 378, ISO/IEC 19794-2 or ILO SID compliant applications for governments and public administrations. ANSI & ISO PC 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/.

Step 1. Fingerprint Image Acquisition
ANSI & ISO PC 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 | Futronic FS88 |
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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 & ISO PC SDK Template Extraction
ANSI & ISO PC SDK Generator transforms the fingerprint images to ANSI compliant templates.
Step 3. ANSI & ISO PC SDK 1:1 Verification
ANSI & ISO PC SDK Matcher takes as input two ANSI compliant templates and returns corresponding similarity score.
The API of the ANSI & ISO PC SDK is based on MINEX API specifications designed by NIST. All functions in ANSI & ISO PC SDK library are thread-safe.
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 & ISO PC SDK can be used in two scenarios:
Enrollment Station
Verification StationMINEX compliance is required by government and public administration programs, such as Personal Identity Verification (PIV), or Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC). Typical applications are:
"The Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test (MINEX) is an ongoing evaluation of the INCITS 378 fingerprint template. The test program has two mandates:

ANSI & ISO PC SDK package contains:
| Specification | ANSI & ISO PC SDK |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Pentium |
| Operating System | Win32 |
| Programming languages | C/C++ |
| Available API | C/C++ |
| Extraction speed | 100ms |
| Matching speed | 10ms |
| Image I/O | BMP |
| Image Compression | WSQ |
| Fingerprint Template Standards | ANSI/INCITS 378-2004, ISO/IEC SC73/19794-2 and ILO SID |
| Sensor Compatibility | Any available sensor |
| Mobile device support | - |
The accuracy of Innovatrics ANSI & ISO PC 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.