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

Purpose	Type	Subtype*	Certification	Specification
Registration	Fingerprint	Slap scanner	SBI 1.0	Fingerprint image spec
Registration	Iris	Double eye scanner	SBI 1.0	Iris image spec
Registration	Face	Camera	SBI 1.0	Face image spec
Authentication	Fingerprint	Single finger scanner	SBI 2.0	Fingerprint image spec
Authentication	Iris	Single eye scanner	SBI 2.0	Iris image spec
Authentication	Face	Camera	SBI 2.0	Face image spec

* 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,

• Device Provider

• FTM Provider