The Automated Multi-modal Biometric Identification System 04/08/2019 – Posted in: Daily News – Tags:

AUTOMATED MULTI-MODAL BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

 

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Maharashtra Police adopted the Automated Multi-modal Biometric Identification System (AMBIS).

  • With this, Maharashtra became the first state to adopt a digital fingerprint and iris scanning system to aid police investigations.
  • AMBIS adopted by Maharashtra will soon be replicated across the country.
  • The state government is working with the National Crime Records Bureau to create standards to be used by other state police forces.

 

The Automated Multi-modal Biometric Identification System

  • An AMBIS unit comprises a computer terminal, a camera, and iris, fingerprint, and palm scanners.
  • It includes a portable system to dust off and capture fingerprints from crime scenes.
  • AMBIS replaces the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS).
  • AFIS has been used by Indian law enforcement agencies to search for finger and palm prints.
  • AFIS has limited utility, providing only one-to-one fingerprint matches as compared multimodal matches possible with AMBIS.
  • With facial recognition technology, the new system is also an upgrade on AFIS.

 

Significance

Apart from solving fresh crimes, AMBIS enables the police to cross-reference and put faces to criminals whose fingerprints have been captured on paper over the decades.

 

Background

  • Indian authorities first thought of digitising fingerprints in 2015.
  • The Maharashtra Cyber Department studied models used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Homeland Security in the United States, and Interpol, before formulating its own requirements.
  • The French company that had designed the Interpol’s biometric and facial recognition system was awarded the tender to set up AMBIS.
  • The AMBIS system matches the requirements set by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.

 

Source: Indian Express

 

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