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BioIDENTICA® SDK

The fingerprint SDK BioIDENTICA® SDK allows a simple integration of fingerprint technology into any existing or new application which profits by personal authentication. The software integrator need not worry about sensing hardware devices or compatibility requirements for mixing different devices. This is all managed by BioFinger test from BSI BioIDENTICA® SDK which guarantees proven top-class recognition performance! Many years of mass market experience resulting in several 100k of PC installations guarantee high reliability. Here are several application examples for successful implementations by our customers:
Sample applications
Network access control 
Time & attendance
"Four eyes principle" at banks
Physical access control
Membership management for fitness studios, etc.
Enterprise resource planning systems (ERP)
Patient data access
Industrial process control
User management
PC access control
Cash-desk systems
Telecourses, technical education
Features
Fingerprint identification and verification
Supports all fingerprint sensor principles
Supports more than 50 sensor devices
Supports most fingerprint notebooks
Full interoperability with most devices
Mixed operation with different sensor devices
Suitable for all FingerTIP ID Devices from Cherry 
Free upgrades for most new sensor devices
Simple integration as DLL
Processor requirements: x86 > 100 MHz
Operating systems: Microsoft® Windows®
Winner of BSI test "BioFinger"
Downwards compatible to Siemens ID Device SDK 1.9
Latent print detection extended to server operation
New efficient method for latent print rejection added
Automatic reference-template update available
Selectable template size
Template compression available
Preserves privacy by strong template encryption
Correlation and minutiae matching selectable
Supports Matcher on Card
Extremely low FAR achievable (< 1:100 Mio.)
A detailed description of the underlying technology can be found on our Fingerprint Technology page!
Example for Client-Server Operation

Licensing
Licensing means to get the authorization to use our software. When licensing our SDK components, always the same basic principle applies: Only the number of copies of the BSP components from our SDK, which are dedicated for the use on equally many computers, counts. (The BSP = "Biometric Service Provider" mainly comprises the recognition algorithms and is delivered in form of a DLL.) It does not matter whether the computer is a multi processor system, a client, or a server. Also, the number of different applications is irrelevant. For each copy, a license unit is required.
When purchasing the SDK, you gain one Basic License Unit for use on your development computer. Principally, it is even possible to delete the BSP components on your development PC after finishing the development and to transfer them to another computer for operation with your application.
If you want to use the BSP components on more than one computer, you need Additional License Units which are to be acquired separately.
To achieve this, there are two possibilities:
• You purchase cumulative Additional License Units (ALUs). The more ALUs you need, the cheaper the individual one becomes. Here, the total number of ALUs you hold after a purchase, will be crucial. As for pricing, generally the hundredfold quantity of ALUs will only cost the tenfold!
• You purchase non-cumulative Additional License Units together with an according number of sensor devices. This license model may be favored since normally for each sensor device exactly one BSP is required.
As a rule of thumb, it is cheaper to acquire the Additional License Units bundled with hardware, see blue curve in the diagram. In particular cases, this depends on the hardware product and the quantity. As a matter of course, both license models may be mixed.
Different License Opportunities for BioIDENTICA® SDK. Diagram shows the license unit prices relative to the ID Mouse price (= 100%), depending on quantity.
Basic components
Biometric Service Provider (DLL) and accompanying files
Full description of programming interface 
Sample program (C++; other languages on request) 
Device drivers 
Test and demonstration
For testing and demonstrations, BioIDENTICA® Demo application (SDKW2002) is available!
System Requirements
Operating systems: Microsoft® Windows®
Processor: x86 compatible, > 100 MHz
Memory: > 100 MB hard disk, > 128 MB RAM 
Fingerprint scanners: see here
Optional and related components
• BioIDENTICA® RIE: This Raw Image Extension allows a direct processing of stored raw images as they are used, e.g., for certain ID cards.
• BioIDENTICA® AX: ActiveX components, optimized for BioIDENTICA® SDK and Visual Studio 6.0
• BioIDENTICA® JW: Java wrapper for Java applications under Windows
• BioIDENTICA® IDC: ID converter for using BioIDENTICA® SDK reference templates with Matcher on Card and the TopSec ID Modules from MB fingerMetrica
• BioIDENTICA® FID: fast identification extension for large external databases
• BioIDENTICA® .NET: wrapper for all .NET programming languages when using Microsoft Visual Studio
• BioIDENTICA® FF: SDK for easy integration and terminal server operation
In the evaluation study "Biofinger I" of the "Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik" (BSI) the parent fingerprint algorithm A4 of the BioIDENTICA® SDK gained the top position. The lower a diagram bar for a specific sensor, the lower the False Rejection Rate (FRR) at a given False Acceptance Rate (FAR) of 1%. The BioIDENTICA® algorithm shows the lowest mean value over all sensors:

Siemens/Bromba algorithm: A4; ©BSI

-> Press release -> BSI BioFinger study
 
Product version Order # Prices
BioIDENTICA® SDK SDKW2000 on request
Additional License Units (ALUs) (fixed number of ALUs, unlimited time, free lifetime upgrades, unlimited number of applications, internal and external distribution) BSPW2000 on request
Additional License Units (ALUs), bundled with hardware (fixed number of ALUs, unlimited time, free lifetime upgrades, unlimited number of applications, internal and external distribution) BSPW2001 on request
General License (unlimited number of ALUs, unlimited time, free lifetime upgrades, unlimited number of applications, internal and external distribution) BSPW2002 on request
General License (unlimited number of ALUs, unlimited time, free lifetime upgrades, unlimited number of applications, only internal distribution) BSPW2003 on request
General License (unlimited number of ALUs, unlimited time, free lifetime upgrades, one application, internal and external distribution) BSPW2013 on request
General License (unlimited number of ALUs, unlimited time, no upgrades, unlimited number of applications, internal and external distribution) BSPW2023 on request
General License (unlimited number of ALUs, unlimited time, free lifetime upgrades, one application, only internal distribution) BSPW2004 on request
General License (unlimited number of ALUs, unlimited time, no upgrades, unlimited number of applications, only internal distribution) BSPW2014 on request
General License (unlimited number of ALUs, unlimited time, no upgrades, one application, internal and external distribution) BSPW2024 on request
General License (unlimited number of ALUs, unlimited time, no upgrades, one application, only internal distribution) BSPW2005 on request
Order SDK modifications (other sensor devices etc.) DEVI2000 on T&M basis
BioIDENTICA® Demo SDKW2002  
BioIDENTICA® RIE (Raw Image Extension) SDKW2003  
BioIDENTICA® AX (ActiveX components) SDKW2004  
BioIDENTICA® JW (Java wrapper) SDKW2005  
BioIDENTICA® IDC (ID converter) SDKW2006  
BioIDENTICA® FID (fast identification extension) SDKW2008  
BioIDENTICA® .NET (.Net wrapper) SDKW2010  
BioIDENTICA® FF (SDK for easy integration) SDKW2011  
Last update: 2011-12-22
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