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Biometric Associates, Inc. : biometric, smartcard and subsystems
Biometric Associates, Inc. : biometric, smartcard and subsystems
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"... The combination of speed, range, security and biometric authentication features makes the BAI Biometric Vehicle Access Control System ideal for ensuring authorized access to protected facilities."
Biometric Technology for Secure Access
Biometric Technology for Secure Access
Biometric Technology for Secure Access
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The BAI Vehicle Access Control system is designed to meet the most rigid requirements for secure vehicle access to military, government or industrial facilities. It identifies and authenticates the driver biometrically through the windshield at distances up to ten meters (30 feet) from the controlled area entry point. To secure the communications link between driver/vehicle and gatehouse, the system uses the challenge-response authentication method in conjunction with the federally approved AES cryptographic algorithm. The combination of speed, range, security and driver biometric verification features makes this wireless authentication system ideal for a broad spectrum of applications encompassing physical and logical access control identification systems.


System Components

Biometric Wireless Authenticator™
The BAI Wireless Authenticator™ is about the size of a thick credit card with an embedded radio frequency (RF) transceiver, antenna, rechargeable power cell and Green/Red LED status indicators encased in an exceptionally hard protective covering. It is designed with open-system architecture to meet international communications, interface, and security standards. The radio frequency link meets IEE 802.15.4 specifications and is cryptographically enhanced by employing the FIPS 197 Advanced Encryption Algorithm (AES) combined with a strong cryptographic challenge-response authentication protocol (ISP/IEC 9798-2)—to protect against man-in-the-middle, replay, key exploitation and algorithm attacks. The BAI Wireless Authenticator™ uses a solid-state sensor array for high-accuracy and employs a powerful fingerprint recognition algorithm and a skin conductivity check to reject artificial or "spoof" fingers. Protected on-board memory stores up to 10 fingerprint templates. Reliable and accurate authentication combines fingerprint capture, extraction, template creation and matching in less than a second rapidly providing assured driver identification.

Gatehouse Transceiver
The BAI Wireless Authenticator™ to Gatehouse Transceiver communications radio link uses the internationally allocated 2.4 GHz frequency ISM band following IEEE 802.15.4 protocol specifications and meeting FCC Part 15 emission limitations. Driver Authenticator cards each have unique cryptographic authentication keys so that there can be no confusion between cards or vehicles. The communications protocol handles multi-device transmission collisions and employs sophisticated techniques to ensure accurate discrimination at the gate. For additional visual identification purposes, personal identification data for each confirmed driver authentication can be automatically displayed on a monitor in the gatehouse.

BAI Enrollment Station
The BAI Enrollment Station is easy to use and can enroll a user with a minimum of operator training. It is designed to be integrated with third-party master Card Issuance and Personalization Systems. The Enrollment Station can be located and administered separately from the access control center(s) and gatehouse(s).

Fingerprints may be obtained from the card during enrollment so that they can be checked against a standard AFIS database of prints if a formal credentialing process is employed. The Recycle Feature removes all user data, fingerprint templates and cryptographic keys from the card so that it maybe reissued.

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