DESKO taps HID Global for biometric passport checking system
17 January, 2011
category: Biometrics, Contactless, Government
HID Global announced that its RFID reader module has been chosen by German airline security provider DESKO for its Personal Identification Mini Dock (PIMD) identity-checking system.
Jointly developed with Panasonic, the “3-in-1” system is designed for border-control, policing and other security applications, and includes a DESKO-designed optical character recognition (OCR) unit and a fingerprint scanner, both connected to Panasonic’s Toughbook CF-U1 ultra-mobile PC device.
Featuring data transfer rates of 848kbps, HID’s PIMD RFID reader module is designed for reading biometric passports or ID cards and other RF documents that require support for MIFARE Type A/B protocols.
According to HID, PIMD supports both BAC and EAC standards, and also complies with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 9303, International Standardization Organization (ISO) 14443 and ISO 15693 standards, and follows German Federal Ministry for Security in the Information Technology (BSI) specifications for biometric passport reading.