Operational Tests of the Coherent Optical Fingerprint Identification System (COFIDS)

Abstract

At the request of the U.S. Army Office of the Provost Marshall General, the U.S. Army Land Warfare Laboratory performed a test and evaluation of the Coherent Optical Fingerprint Identification System (COFIDS). This system employs the techniques of optical holography to encode fingerprint details and store such information, with high data density, on miniature photographic films. Identification is performed by comparing fingerprints with the hologram using optical cross-correlation. The test, involving over 100 people of USALWL, was carefully designed and instrumented to provide complete statistics of performance. The evaluation indicates that the system provides a highly foolproof means of personnel identification. Equipment improvements are desirable to automatically compensate for fingerprint variability and to reduce the learning process required of users.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0776377

Entities

People

  • Brenda K. Thein
  • David W. Samuels
  • E. B. Shank

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army Training
  • Cross Correlation
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fingerprints
  • Frequency
  • Identification
  • Identification Systems
  • Land Warfare
  • Light Sources
  • Low Voltage
  • Photographic Film
  • Security
  • Statistics
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

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  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Military Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design