SEMI-AUTOMATED LATENT FINGERPRINT PROCESSING SYSTEM (FROM CARNAHAN CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONIC CRIME COUNTERMEASURES, 1972 - PROCEEDINGS, BY J S JACKSON AND R W DEVORE - SEE NCJ-10711)

• NCJ Number: 27912
• Author(s): D D THORNBURG; F G MADRAZO
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Kentucky; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF THIS COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM WHICH ENCODES PARAMETERS SUCH AS PATTERN TYPE, MINUTIAE LOCATION, AND MINITIAE DIRECTION INTO DIGITAL DATA AND AUTOMATICALLY SEARCHES FINGERPRINT DATA TO IDENTIFY CRIME SUSPECTS.

Abstract

THE BASIC INFORMATION USED FOR CLASSIFYING AND SEARCHING ARREST/IDENTIFICATION FINGERPRINTS AND PRESENT FILE METHODS ARE DESCRIBED. THEN THE NEW YORK STATE IDENTIFICATION AND INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM'S (NYSIIS) PILOT SEMI-AUTOMATED LATENT PROCESSING SYSTEM IS DISCUSSED FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF ITS FIVE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS - SUBMISSION OF LATENT OR ARREST PRINTS, ENCODING, SEARCH, RETRIEVAL, AND VERIFICATION. THE ENCODER DESIGN AND SEARCH ALGORITHM ARE ALSO DESCRIBED AND FURTHER AREAS OF RESEARCH DESIGN ARE IDENTIFIED. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED.