Biometric Devices

Overview

Biometric devices capture individuals' biometric data (fingerprint, iris scan, photo) and send it to a registration client or authentication client (app). The functional architecture of the various entities involved is shown below.

Device types

PurposeTypeSubtype*CertificationSpecification

Registration

Fingerprint

Slap scanner

SBI 1.0

Registration

Iris

Double eye scanner

SBI 1.0

Registration

Face

Camera

SBI 1.0

Authentication

Fingerprint

Single finger scanner

SBI 2.0

Authentication

Iris

Single eye scanner

SBI 2.0

Authentication

Face

Camera

SBI 2.0

* An adopter may choose to have different subtypes, however, the certification needs to be adhered to.

Enrolment flow

Authentication flow

SBI test kit

SBI compliance of a device may be tested using an MDS testing kit.

Devices calculator

The following calculator may be used to estimate the number of devices required for a rollout.

MOSIPDevicesCalculator

Partners

Providers of biometric devices are Partners of MOSIP and need to be onboarded to a given deployment of MOSIP. Specifically,

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