World record in fingerprint identification: DERMALOG correctly identifies 129 million fingerprints in one second

Hamburg (ots) - DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH is Germany's
largest biometrics manufacturer, and has set a new world record in
the identification of fingerprints. The new system, known as
"DERMALOG Next Generation AFIS", is capable of correctly identifying
the ten fingerprints of one individual within a second from a
database of more than 129 million fingerprints. The renowned
international SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS has tested the product and
acknowledged that this combination of speed and accuracy is unique
throughout the world.

Every fingerprint is unique and so is the new Automated
Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) from the biometrics
manufacturer DERMALOG. It has achieved a new world record in the
identification of fingerprints. The newly developed "DERMALOG Next
Generation AFIS" proved its unique speed and accuracy at the test
recently conducted by SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS. Using an LF10 DERMALOG
fingerprint livescanner, the ten fingerprints of one person were
scanned and compared with a database of 100 million fingerprints
representing 10 million people, each having ten fingerprints. This
corresponds to the approximate population of Portugal or the Czech
Republic, for example. From within this huge data pool, the ten
scanned fingerprints were correctly identified within just 0.89
seconds on a standard blade server with twelve cores making it a
world record without compromising the FAR and FRR rates.

The aim of the test was to prove that the DERMALOG system
sacrificed none of its accuracy even when working at extremely high
speed. The testers at SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS have now confirmed that
DERMALOG can achieve a quality of results never seen before in a
search matching speed which is quite unique throughout the world
involving the examination of 129,296,050 fingerprints per second on a
blade server with 12 cores, which today is now a standard system. The
new software is not only accurate and fast but also easy to install
and requires no special hardware. It is suitable for standard PCs and
standard blade servers such as are typically used today for data
processing. This achievement has now set a new standard for speed and
accuracy in fingerprint identification.

Günther Mull, founder and Managing Director at DERMALOG, is proud
of the world record. "The result shows how accurately and fast our
new software works," he says. "During the test everyone was
identified correctly. There were no errors. And so our "Next
Generation AFIS" has now set a new standard for speed and accuracy in
fingerprint identification. The system is especially designed for use
in conjunction with large-scale databases such as used at border
checkpoints. That saves on long waiting times and enables speedy
processing, with no errors in a second."

Dr. Bernd Grabe from SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS commented on the test
results saying "As the speed of fingerprint searching increases, the
accuracy of the results is often reduced. But no loss in quality was
observed with the "DERMALOG Next Generation AFIS" despite its
extremely high speed. And what is more it uses standard hardware."

The new "DERMALOG Next Generation AFIS" software will be on show
at the CARTES trade fair in Paris from 15th to 17th November 2011,
and is available now for all existing and new DERMALOG customers.

DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH, based in Hamburg, is the
largest German biometrics manufacturer and one of the world leaders
in biometrics. It has a high level team of scientists and IT
knowledge team working continuously on new innovative products. Its
product range includes highly advanced biometric border checkpoint
systems, secure biometric ID cards, and the new "FingerPayment"
system. The main sales markets are Germany, Europe, Latin America,
the Middle East and Asia.

DERMALOG has supplied more than 20,000 fingerprint scanners to the
national registration offices in Germany for the new electronic
passports, ID cards and permanent resident´s cards, and has also
supplied more than 50,000 finger scanners to national authorities in
over 40 countries. The company has installed its AFIS (Automatic
Fingerprint Identification System) at 60 government authorities
throughout the world - they mostly use them to identify false or
duplicated identities before issuing ID cards or passports. DERMALOG
is also the technical partner in the REWE Group's project for fast,
secure payment by fingerprint, and the partner of Wincor-Nixdorf in
fitting cash machines, ATMs with finger scanners ("Finger instead of
PIN number"). For further information, please visit the website
www.dermalog.com.

Media liaison - For more information, contact:
DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH
Contact person: Peter Breuer
Mittelweg 120
20148 Hamburg
Phone: +49 (0)40 413227-63
Fax: +49 (0)40 413227-89
E-mail: peter.breuer@dermalog.com