IDENTIFICATION UNIT AND THE MIRACODE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

• NCJ Number: 15913
• Journal: FINGERPRINT AND IDENTIFICATION MAGAZINE Volume: 56 Issue: 5 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1974) Pages: 11-15
• Author(s): H D STROH
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Institute of Applied Science
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

MIRACODE IS AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM USING MICROFILM, THAT SCANS FINGERPRINT FILES FOR SIMILAR CODES AND THEN PERMITS VISUAL COMPARISON BY FINGERPRINT TECHNICIANS OF ALL PRINTS HAVING CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO THE LATENT.

Abstract

FOLLOWING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE MIRACODE SYSTEM, ITS PERFORMANCE RECORD AT THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DISCUSSED. SOME OF ITS SUCCESS IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FAMILIARITY THAT THE TWO MIRACODE CODING TECHNICIANS HAVE WITH EACH OTHER'S WORK. KANSAS CITY