Scotland Yard made the science of fingerprinting famous in 1905, the year it started using it for crime detection. Ever since, fingerprinting has played a very important role in forensics. Today, due to its widespread acceptance, fingerprintscanning devices are one of the most common biometric devices available. In fact, even the registrar of Property Agreements in Mumbai has started making use of such a device to digitize co fingerprints of the parties involved in property transactions.
The fingerprinting devices used for security verifications, however, are slightly more complex. They follow various methods of identifying fingerprints that range from matching print patterns such as whorls, cusps and ridges, to the more in-depth matching offiner details that could include the matching of at least 15 different characteristics. Some finger scanning biometric devices can also detect whether the finger is live or not. Fingerprint scanning is fairly accurate though large user-bases and improper use could sometimes pose a problem. Recently, such biometric devices are also being used in laptops as a method of authenticating its user.
Axis Software Pvt Ltd, a Pune-based outfit, is one biometric solution provider that specializes in fngerprint biometric solutions. It has initiated fingerprint-based time and attendance systems for clients such as Surat Municipal Corporation and Nagpur Municipal Corporation. It has also provided fingerprint-based PC security to Garware Polyster Ltd (Aurangabad). Currently, they’re also working closely with CA Sat yam ASP to provide a fingerprintbased registration and verification solution for the RTO licensing system (Gujarat & Maharashtra RTO Project).
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