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Veriprox
Operations Manual
Td1136_rev0700
© 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.

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  • Page 1 Veriprox Operations Manual Td1136_rev0700 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.

  • Page 2: Notices

    Notices Biometric ID strives to comply with the most stringent standards, however at the time this document went to press, the following approvals were still pending for the Veriprox. Pending Approval Pending Listing Pending Listing Pending Approval Disclaimer The instructions in this document have been carefully checked for accuracy and are presumed to be reliable.

  • Page 3: Trademark Disclosures

    • Microsoft™, and Windows 95™, Windows 98™, and Windows NT™ are trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. • Veriprox ® is a registered trademark of Biometric Identification, Inc. • HID™ is a trademark of the HID Corporation. • Motorola™ Indala™ are trademarks of the Motorola Corporation.

  • Page 4: Biometric Id Warranty Policy

    Biometric ID's liability on any claim for loss or damage arising out of the sale, resale or use of any of its products shall in no event exceed the selling price of the products. The buyer is responsible for making any claims for shipment damage (evident or concealed) with the carrier.

  • Page 5: Privacy Statement

    Instead of storing a graphic representation of the user’s finger (i.e., a picture), the Veriprox stores a template which is a highly processed mathematical model of the ridge pattern. This means that no direct personal data about the user is stored by the system.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Trademark Disclosures ............................2 Biometric ID Warranty Policy ...........................3 Privacy Statement............................4 Introduction ............................9 About the Veriprox ............................10 Veriprox – Physical Layout ..........................11 Concepts of Operations ........................13 The Veriprox ..............................13 The Proximity Card ............................1 User Cards..................................14 Command Cards................................14 Basic System Administration .........................15...
  • Page 7 Appendix A – Quality and Content ....................48 Section A.1 - Basic Biometric Concepts......................48 Biometric Definitions ........................48 Scanning an Image................................ 48 Storing User Templates on the Veriprox ........................49 Section A.2 - Proper Finger Placement......................50 Common mistakes ................................. 50 Image quality.................................. 50 Image consistency .................................
  • Page 8 Page 7 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.
  • Page 9 Notes Page 8 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.

  • Page 10: Introduction

    Introduction BiometricID, the leader in fingerprint identification and verification systems, presents the Veriprox Fingerprint Verification System. Technology by BiometricID has been applied in various unique applications including Access Security, Time and Attendance, Political Polling, Computer Logon, and other applications where an individual must be clearly identified as being solely responsible for specific actions.

  • Page 11: About The Veriprox

    The Veriprox system provides security features that can minimize fraud and can tolerate changes to the user’s finger like scarring or swelling. The Veriprox returns accurate pass and fail decisions in 99.99% of all cases.

  • Page 12: Veriprox - Physical Layout

    N T R O D U C T I O N Veriprox – Physical Layout Top LED Power On Light Sensor Ridge Lock Locking Front LED Bottom Screw (power on) Aux Port Cover (closed) Figure 1: Top View Figure 2: Bottom View Page 11 ©...
  • Page 13 Mounting Plate Part and Serial Number Tag Pigtail Connector Figure 5: Veriprox Unit and Mounting Plate For additional information on installing and connecting your Veriprox unit, please refer to the Veriprox Installation Manual. Page 12 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.

  • Page 14: Concepts Of Operations

    BiometricID’s MV1100 fingerprint verification technology. A user waves the proximity card near the front of the Veriprox. The LED on the top of the reader will glow amber; indicating the user should place their finger on the sensor on the top of the reader.

  • Page 15: The Proximity Card

    • Enroll Command Cards • Delete Command Cards User Cards The Veriprox can be programmed to use a given card ID number as a standard “user card”. The majority of your cards will be of this type. Command Cards Command Cards can be created to add and remove users from a Veriprox reader without using the PC based Administrative Software.

  • Page 16: Basic System Administration

    • A mathematical model of the fingerprint ridge pattern Templates Every template on a Veriprox unit is unique. Each time a fingerprint is enrolled a new template is generated using the number from the proximity card as the Template ID number. The system automatically increments and assigns an index value to each template.

  • Page 17: Multiple Readers

    (1_4.tem) in Figure 8 below is of Template 1 4. Figure 8: Template files on the PC Please note that when the template is uploaded from the PC to a Veriprox reader, the Template ID Number and Index Number is taken from data within the file, not from the file name.

  • Page 18: Lights

    Figure 9: Top LED Steady Amber the Veriprox is requesting that a finger be placed on the sensor. This may be for verification or for enrollment. The user may remove the finger when the light goes out.

  • Page 19: Veriprox Administrative Software

    ID and all readers on the network will process these commands. If the transmit ID is set to a number that is not assigned to any Veriprox unit, the software will report that there is no communication.

  • Page 20: Ports

    Please refer to the Setting up the ID File section on page 21 for details. In addition the baud rate may be set on each Veriprox reader. It is essential that the baud rate used by the PC match the baud rate setting on the reader and that all readers on the network are set to the same baud rate.

  • Page 21: Installing The Software

    O F T W A R E Installing the Software To install the software, run the setup.exe file on the Veriprox Admin CD. You may accept the default path or choose an alternate directory in which to install the software. The default path is:...

  • Page 22: Setting Up The Id File

    Once you have installed the software on your PC, you will need to set up a communications port ID file. The software will use the information in this file to communicate with the Veriprox reader(s) connected to the Host Port. You can create and edit the file using the “Notebook” program provided with Microsoft Windows.

  • Page 23: Communication Settings File

    The first time you run the Veriprox Administrative software this file does not exist. You will see the following dialog appear. Fill out the desired parameters.

  • Page 24: Setting Up A Network

    (broadcast). Since you are plugged into only one reader, you are assured that no other Veriprox units will be responding to your commands. If the ID on the Veriprox has been changed from its default you can still be confident it will respond to the Broadcast ID.
  • Page 25 (9600 is recommended). Keep in mind that you are currently talking over the AUX port, but you are changing the Host Port settings that will be used when you connect to the Veriprox through the Host Port wires on the back of the unit.

  • Page 26: Icons, Commands And Drop Downs

    O F T W A R E Icons, Commands and Drop Downs Figure 11: Veriprox Toolbar Once you have the software installed and running, you will be able to access the features mentioned above either through the icons and drop down box on the toolbar or through the command menus.
  • Page 27 Transmit ID Drop Down The Transmit ID number refers to the IDs given to individual Veriprox units. Whichever number appears in the box is the unit with which the software is communicating. If you have networked more than one Veriprox unit, you can use the Transmit ID drop down box to access a specific unit by its ID number.

  • Page 28: Template Manager

    The Template Manager allows you to: • Edit Templates • Enroll Templates • Delete Templates • Verify Templates • Transfer templates to and from a PC or from one Veriprox unit to another Veriprox unit Click this button to update the window.

  • Page 29: Edit Templates

    Figure 13: Template Viewer From here you can view and edit the attributes of the template such as the Employee Name and Security Threshold. You must press the “Save Changes button to make your edits permanent. Page 28 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.

  • Page 30: Enroll Templates

    Click the Enroll button. The light on the Veriprox will glow amber requesting the enrollee to place a finger on the sensor. Nestle the ridgelock into the first joint line on the finger. The finger may be removed when the amber light goes out.

  • Page 31: Delete Templates

    Delete Templates Use this option to delete one or more templates from a single unit (if you are in a networked environment, see the Page 30 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.
  • Page 32 (recall that you can use the Shift and Ctrl keys to select multiple templates). Note: You WILL NOT receive a warning when you delete templates so confirm that you have selected the correct ones the first time. Page 31 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.

  • Page 33: Transfer Templates

    A N A G E R Transfer Templates There are three primary ways you can transfer templates: • Download from the Veriprox unit to the PC • Upload from the PC to the Veriprox unit • Transfer from unit to unit In each of these cases, you can transfer from one to all templates.
  • Page 34 E M P L A T E A N A G E R Note: if you are in a networked environment, you only need to download from one unit since the template will be the same on all units. Page 33 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.

  • Page 35: Upload From Pc

    A N A G E R Upload from PC You can transfer templates from your PC to any Veriprox unit. When you click the Upload from PC button, a window like the one below will open: Figure 16: Transfer between PC and Veriprox Click the Upload from PC button.

  • Page 36: Transfer From Unit To Unit

    In the Template Manager window, select the template(s) you wish to transfer. Click the Unit to Unit button. When the screen in Figure 17 appears, highlight the ID of the Veriprox to which you wish to transfer the templates. Select –1 if you wish to broadcast the templates to all units on the network.

  • Page 37: Command Cards

    Command Cards Command Cards allow administrators to add and remove user IDs directly from the Veriprox unit without having to access the software. These can be useful for creating and removing temporary visitor’s badges or administering the system when your PC is down or unavailable.

  • Page 38: Removing Command Cards

    Enroll Command Card To enroll a user: Wave the Enroll Command Card near the front of the Veriprox unit. The light will glow amber directing the Administrator to place his/her finger on the unit. If the Administrator is authorized to use the Command Card, the light will glow green and the unit will beep.

  • Page 39: Delete Command Card

    Delete Command Card To delete a user: Wave the Delete Command Card near the front of the Veriprox unit. The light will glow amber directing the Administrator to place his/her finger on the unit. If the Administrator is authorized to use the Command Card, the light will glow green and the unit will beep.

  • Page 40: Communication Settings

    Same as the Veriprox Parameters button on the Toolbar Figure 20: Modify Communications Settings Note: Change only one setting at a time and be sure to test the change before clicking the Accept button. Page 39 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.

  • Page 41: Veriprox Parameters

    A R A M E T E R S Veriprox Parameters The Veriprox Parameter Settings window aids the Administrator in the following: • Assigning a Network Identification Number to a Veriprox unit • Setting a Global Security Threshold for a Veriprox unit •...

  • Page 42: Network Identification Number

    You will not loose communications when modifying the network ID parameter on the Veriprox if you use the broadcast transmit ID ,-1 when you are communicating over the auxiliary port. (You would not want to attempt to assign a new network ID by broadcasting this command over a 485 network, as this would program all the readers on the network to the same ID.)

  • Page 43: Global Security Threshold

    There are two types of security settings: the local security level associated with the individual template; and, the global security level associated with the individual Veriprox unit. You may recall that the system will authorize using the lower of the two. See the appendix for a discussion of security settings and algorithm performance.

  • Page 44: Wiegand Out

    Site Code field will override the site code on all cards used on the unit. The string is numeric and ranges from 0 to 255. If the box is unchecked the site code read from the proximity card will be passed through in the Wiegand out string. Page 43 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.

  • Page 45: Host Port And Aux Port Baud Rates

    If the display in the lower right corner does not update, close and re-open the window. Note: If you change this while talking over the Host Port, you will lose communication with the unit(s). Page 44 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.

  • Page 46: Broadcast

    ALL templates! Figure 22: Broadcast Parameters Window Note: As with the Veriprox Parameter Settings window, change one setting at a time and click the Broadcast button after each change. For example: if you wish to change the Security Threshold and the Wiegand Out string: 1) change the threshold;...

  • Page 47: Net Status

    T A T U S Net Status The Net Status window displays the condition of all units networked. Figure 23: Net Status Window There are three possible conditions: 1. Online 2. No Response 3. Busy Page 46 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.

  • Page 48: Getting Service And Support

    • DLL • Algorithm • Kernel • PIC This can be found in the Help menu under About Veriprox. Technical Support For assistance with technical matters, contact the Technical Support Department by sending e-mail to support@biometricid.com. To speak directly with a technician, call (818) 501-3908.

  • Page 49: Appendix A - Quality And Content

    “core” is the most data-intensive area and therefore very important. Scanning an Image When the Veriprox properly reads a fingerprint, it looks for image quality and fingerprint content. When a raw image is collected from the sensor, the Veriprox searches for the fingerprint core.

  • Page 50: Storing User Templates On The Veriprox

    During VERIFICATION, a user waves their card at the Veriprox reader and places their finger on the sensor. The Veriprox then will scan the current fingerprint and compare it against all enrolled templates for that specific card.

  • Page 51: Section A.2 - Proper Finger Placement

    It is important to make sure that the position of the finger allows the Veriprox to record the unique features of the print. Here are the steps to follow for trouble-free fingerprint recognition.

  • Page 52: Image Consistency

    ID verification as was used to form the original template. It also is important to position the finger correctly for each verification, as was done when the template was enrolled, so the Veriprox “sees” approximately the same information each time.

  • Page 53: Section A.3 - Using Content And Quality During Enrollments

    Acceptances also are rare and primarily result when a fingerprint template is characterized by low information in the enrolled print. The algorithm on the Veriprox has been tuned so that the false acceptance and false rejection rates are equal at the medium security level (level 3), delivering the industry leading accuracy.

  • Page 54: Quality

    The quality score is based on how well the ridge pattern is defined within the fingerprint image that was enrolled. In other words, quality measures how clearly the Veriprox imaged the fingerprint. Poor quality enrollments can result in an elevated rate of false rejection making it difficult for the user to verify reliably.

  • Page 55: Content

    O N T E N T Content The Content score is based upon the amount of usable information the Veriprox sees in the fingerprint. Templates that are characterized by low content scores may result in elevated rates of false acceptance.

  • Page 56: Content And Quality Summary

    Poor Range Normal Range Quality Less than three stars Three or more stars Content Less than three stars Three or more stars Table 2: Veriprox Administrative application map of score versus category Score Quality/Content Category Very poor Poor Fair High...
  • Page 57 U A L I T Y A N D O N T E N T Biometric Identification Inc. 5000 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 300 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Phone 818.501.3908 Fax 818.461.0843 World Wide Web Site: www.BiometricID.com Page 56 © 1999 Biometric Identification, Inc.

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