TigerID Automated Fingerprint Identification System (TigerID AFIS or TigerAFIS) is a highly scalable fingerprint matching array.
TigerID AFIS / TigerAFIS has completed the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Proprietary Fingerprint Template (PFT) Testing (PFT) (Vendor 1U). The NIST PFT testing is the world’s only large scale, public, independent testing of fingerprint technology available today. TigerAFIS can match 15 million records per second in a dual quad core server.
The largest and most relevant datasets are POE and POEBVA, collected using best-practices for image quality assurance and devices that incorporate refined optical (TFIR) technology.
TigerID AFIS is a set of services that can reside on a single server, or distributed across an array of servers, depending on the anticipated transaction volume. Leveraging a n-tier architecture, TigerID AFIS can scale to hundreds of multi-core servers all operating in parallel to perform high-speed fingerprint identification. The fundamental tier is the ‘matcher’ service. In large programs, the TigerID AFIS matchers are commercial off the shelf (COTS) servers running a Linux operating system that require no proprietary hardware to house and search all of the fingerprint templates in high speed RAM. Each matcher houses a subset of the overall fingerprint database, and in large programs, are typically dedicated to a single finger position (right index, left index, etc.).
TigerID AFIS provides fingerprint technology and products that meet the following relevant standards:
Finger Image-Based Data Interchange Format
- INCITS 381-2004, American National Standard for Information Technology
- ISO/IEC 19794-4, International Organization for Standardization
Fingerprint Image Quality
- NISTIR 7151 - NIST Interagency Report, August 2004
Finger Minutiae Format for Data Interchange
- INCITS 378-2004, American National Standard for Information Technology
- ISO/IEC 19794-2, International Organization for Standardization
Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial, & Scar Mark & Tattoo (SMT) Information
- ANSI/NIST ITL 1-2007 - NIST Special Publication 500-271
- ANSI/NIST ITL 2-2008 - NIST Special Publication 500-275
Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification
- IAFIS-DOC-01078-8.1 (V8.1) - Criminal Justice Information Services, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice