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Mobile Field Biometric Toolkit

A field-ready biometrics solution for rugged Android handhelds used at land borders, mobile checkpoints, and in-field law enforcement.

The toolkit ships in two equivalent forms, both built on the same Innovatrics capture and on-device matching stack:

  • White-label handheld application — a delivered, rebrandable Android application; deployment-ready, fastest time to field operation.
  • Android SDK — the same capture and matching engine exposed for integrators who need full control over the application UI and workflow.

Built for mobility, speed, and offline operation where connectivity is limited, the toolkit extends Border Control Platform capability beyond fixed checkpoints with reliable identity assurance wherever enforcement operations take place. It runs on handheld devices equipped with real biometric peripherals — slap fingerprint scanners, iris cameras, and a camera for face capture — making it suitable both for officers on the border (bus crossings at land borders, asylum-seeker registration, mobile checkpoints) and for police on-spot checks inside a country (roadside identity verification, visa validity checks, operational identification during incidents).

Capabilities​

  • Travel document auto-capture, OCR, MRZ reading
  • NFC chip access
  • Document authenticity checks
  • Agent-assisted face capture with liveness (PAD) and ICAO quality
  • Iris capture with quality control
  • Agent-performed slap or contactless fingerprint and palmprint capture
  • NFIQ2 quality + proprietary quality checks for fingerprints
  • Age estimation for captured faces
  • On-device 1:1 verification (face, iris, fingerprint)
  • On-device 1:N identification up to 1,000 records (face, iris, fingerprint) against a local watchlist
  • Fingerprint & iris segmentation
  • Biometric template extraction

What it does​

The toolkit includes advanced travel document processing components — auto-capture, OCR, MRZ reading, NFC chip access, and document authenticity checks.

For biometric operations, it provides:

  • Agent-assisted face capture — liveness detection (PAD), ICAO-aligned quality checks, on-device 1:1 verification against the document portrait, and 1:N identification (up to 1,000 records) against a local watchlist
  • Iris processing — quality assessment plus on-device 1:1 verification and 1:N local identification
  • Agent-performed fingerprint and palmprint capture — slap or contactless, with proprietary and NFIQ2 quality checks

All biometric modalities support on-device matching, ensuring fast response times and operational continuity even in low- or no-connectivity environments.

Components we provide​

Developer documentation

Both forms are powered by the Enrollment SDK. For full SDK reference, integration guides, platform support, and sample code, visit the dedicated developer site:

  • White-label field application for Android — rebrandable, configurable handheld application built on the SDK below; deployment-ready. Use when you need an officer-ready field application on day one and the standard workflow fits your operation.
  • Enrollment SDK for Android — same capture and matching engine, exposed for integrators building their own application. Use when you need to embed field biometrics into your own application, customize the officer workflow, or maintain a single application across multiple deployment patterns.

Limitations​

  • Android only. No iOS or Windows builds. The product targets rugged Android handhelds and law-enforcement-grade devices.
  • SDK path requires a UI build. The white-label application ships with a complete UI; if you choose the SDK directly, you build the application UI on top.
  • On-device matching is bounded to 1,000 records. For larger-scale identification, the device synchronizes with Border Control Core when connectivity is available.

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