Approved for: 1 GIAC CPE
The USG has pursued technologies to provide touchless fingerprint acquisition capabilities for decades and this gap in capability has been listed as a top research initiative in both releases of the National Biometric Challenge publication released from the NSTC Subcommittee on Biometrics and Identity Management. Multiple research endeavors have been initiated to advance beyond the traditional optical live-scan systems that are most prominently used today in Law Enforcement, Defense, Border Protection, and within the Civil Applicant Sectors but no solutions have fully addressed the needs advocated by the USG. This workshop will assess the advances made to date in contactless fingerprint acquisition from multiple vendors and discuss strategies that will assist in further advancing the technology into consumable products. The outcomes of this workshop will be documented in a report from industry to the USG.