The Differences Between Forensic Identification  & BioWedge™ Identification

Forensic Fingerprint Identification (AFIS)

BioWedge™ Biometric Process

Forensic AFIS applications capture all 10 fingers

The BioWedge™ captures only 1 or 2 fingers

Forensic AFIS applications capture rolled images

The BioWedge™ captures flat images

Rolled images are called “nail to nail” because they capture unique identifying points on the entire finger surface area in order to collect the maximum number of unique identifying points (around 112)

Flat images reveal the center of the finger and require only a minimum of unique identifying points (around 40)

In forensic applications, finger resizing and standardization is not allowed

For applications involving children, the BioWedge™ standardizes and resizes the image before looking for unique identifying points.

The primary purpose of a forensic system is to identify suspects based upon latent images taken from a crime scene

The purpose of the BioWedge™ is to quickly and accurately verify a person already known to the system

Data taken from a forensic system juvenile record cannot be used on a BioWedge™ system

Data taken from a resized (children’s) image on a BioWedge™ system cannot be used on a forensic system