ePassports
ePassports
While the ease of international travel promotes foreign investments, trade & tourism, the security of a nation is at risk with the presence of criminal activities and terrorism. In recognizing this, the international community has responded with a consensus to improve security through the use of new technology such as the inclusion of smart chips and biometrics in travel documents. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations which sets standards for travel documents, recommends that such electronic passports are to use biometric identification (facial, fingerprint and iris recognition): typically, digital facial photo and fingerprint data are to be stored on a contactless microchip inside the passports.
Smart passports
Contactless chip card technology has emerged as the optimal solution for providing both physical and logical identification of passport holders in a reliable manner, while at the same time securing the individual’s privacy and integrity. The ability to store, protect and manage identity credentials, such as biometrics, picture ID, digital certificates etc., makes microprocessor chips an unrivaled technology for secure and convenient authentication at immigration checkpoints. Through chip-based management of identity credentials, governments are able to build the appropriate platform to link travel documents to their rightful owners. Moreover, the advanced standards framework for E-Passports, contributes to the objective of implementing a global and interoperable electronic passport infrastructure.
Some of the features of our new generation ICAO compliant electronic passport
- ICAO Compliant.
- Logical Data Structure (LDS).
- PKI (security of electronic data).
- Contactless IC chip ISO 14443 type A or type B.
- Reading range up to 10cm.
- Adaptive Operating System compliant with Java standard.
- Memory capacity 32 or 72 Kbytes,up to 128 Kbytes.Baud rate 106, 212, 424 Kbps.
- Fingerprint images compressed JPEG format or WSQ format.
- Facial image compressed JPEG 2000 and Canonical format.
- Iris scan compressed JPEG format.
- Supports Automated Facial Recognition.
- Supports Fingerprint Recognition (Matching with template or image).
- Supports Automated Border Control System with 1:1 automated biometrics matching.
