Reference use case examples: Biometric Identification of the Move System (BIMS) with BioUptime
September 15, 2011 Leave a comment
BPM in an Enrollment Application
Reference case snapshot
Project: Biometric Identification on the Move (BIMS)
Project leader: AFIS and Biometrics Consulting Inc. (Newport Beach, CA)
Project Sponsor: Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Sponsor of BPM tool and know-how: Optimum Biometric Labs with BioUptime
Type of application: Automated Border Control (ABC) system, Enrollment module
5 units/elements monitored:
- GreenBit optical fingerprint sensor (DactyScan84)
- BIMS Enrollment Software
- IriTech IriTerminal MD-300 Iris camera
- Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR camera 15.1MP
- Symbol LS1203 General Purpose Bar Code Scanner
Frequency of monitoring: between 10 seconds to 600 seconds, based on individual units/elements
Total no. of specific Event types: more than 108
BioUptime has added value in these areas
- Organization information:
- organization name, type, address, contact persons, alert setting, list of installations, installation type, alert setting for individual installations
- Installation information:
- installation name, installation type, address, location, time zone, user who created it, and the date it was created, alert setting, alert subscribers, list of units/elements and their types, alert setting for individual units/elements
- Unit information:
- Consisting of three main sections: Unit Information, Alert Setting, and Latest Event
- Unit Information: The Unit Information contains the useful details: Unit name, Unit type, Location, Installation and organization it belongs to, Comment, Serial number, and frequency of monitoring (poll interval)
- Alert Setting and alert subscribers
- Unit’s last event and its corresponding data field and time stamp
Collecting and archiving more than 108 events and transactions for analysis of trends, behaviour and abnormalities.
Computing and presenting performance-related variables (metrics and stats):
- Number of enrollees
- Total background database
- Total number of samples
- Transaction duration (ISO/IEC FCD 19795-6, see Annex E)
- Comparison score (ISO/IEC FCD 19795-6, see Annex E)
- Image quality score (ISO/IEC FCD 19795-6, see Annex E)
- Failure to enroll rate (FTE)
- Failure to acquire rate (FTA)
Remote performance and availability (health status) monitoring on the following levels:
- Capture device
- Application/service components:
- Database Service
- Enrollment
- Template generating app
- Data management service
- System components such as:
- Enrollment server
- Database server
Displaying and sending (via email) alerts and diagnosis information
Accessing the above features via a web-based UI