Does your baby use a fingerprint scanner?
Author: huifan Time: 2021-04-22
Huifan Technology Co., Ltd. has been engaged in biometric technology (including finger scan device recognition) for 16 years. Among these technologies, the National-ID system with biometric identification function is the main system used in many countries/regions. . For example, in India, biometric information is used in conjunction with a unique ID number, enabling more than one billion individuals to establish and prove their identity. Huifan Technology is very pleased to participate in biometric technology and contribute to the establishment of a society that provides social services to every citizen in a fair manner.
The Sustainable Development Goals of the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" adopted by the United Nations Summit are aimed at eradicating poverty in all forms and scales. The specific goal requires states to "provide legal identity for all, including birth registration by 2030." Currently, there are approximately 1 billion people in the world without legal identities. In addition, an estimated 5.6 million children under the age of 5 die each year, including 2.6 million newborns. Most of these deaths are believed to be due to diseases that can be avoided through preventive measures and treatments. This means that there are still many people in the world who do not have legal identities. Without the legal status generated by birth registration, a person loses access to various public services, such as education, medical care and welfare, which are the basic rights of citizens of the country. For example, if someone cannot prove that they are a citizen of that country, they cannot obtain a passport or travel abroad. In addition, this may also result in the inability to provide them with employment opportunities, which may become a factor preventing them from getting rid of poverty.
I believe that biometric technology can make an important contribution to improving this situation. From a systemic perspective, there are still some regions in the world that lack government management of citizenship. In addition, in some cases, the credibility of the ID card is very low due to rampant ID forgery. Because there is no need to worry about losing them, and they are very reliable, biometrics are very effective in areas that want to use cutting-edge technology to solve complex problems. In addition to Pakistan as the main use case, HFSecurity also provides national identification systems to countries such as the Republic of South Africa.
However, the fact is that many national identification systems do not include newborn babies, infants or young children within the target age range. This is caused by various problems, such as the technical difficulty of covering biometric information obtained from children, but for Huifan Technology, our company still believes that solving technical problems will overcome these obstacles in some way. The reason is that birth registration immediately after birth is extremely important to ensure legal identification and future identity. Moreover, babies cannot say their names or show their ID cards. However, you can physically prove the baby's identity through biometric authentication.
It is said that 5.6 million children under the age of five have died worldwide. In addition, 2.8 million of these children died within one month of their birth. One of the fundamental problems is the problem of vaccination that cannot be properly vaccinated. Newborn babies will receive many vaccinations for up to 14 weeks after birth. It is recommended to vaccinate at an appropriate time. Every country is working hard to protect the lives of children. However, vaccination plans and historical management at the local level are still insufficient. In some cases, they cannot deliver the vaccine to children because they do not know who received the vaccine, when they received the vaccine, or what vaccine they received or still needed. In addition, even if the vaccine has been distributed, sometimes the family cannot afford the cost of the bus to the hospital. In this case, UN organizations and NGOs will look for children, but they don’t know who those children are. In worse cases, their parents may be dead, and these agencies cannot verify the identity of the children who need to go to the hospital.
At the request of the Pakistani government, our company provided technical assistance to Pakistan’s identity verification. The staff hoped to ensure that appropriate medical services are provided for children who may be infected with HIV/need to be vaccinated through their mothers, and use biometric authentication to verify identity verification. feasibility. In such an environment, our company feels that there is a gap between the smiles of the children and the reality of their lives. The company's CEO GaoXing Wang witnessed this situation with his own eyes. These experiences make Huifan Technology believe that stqc certified biometric device fingerprint recognition of newborns is an effective way to overcome such international problems.
The purpose of this idea is to establish an environment to ensure that birth registration can provide legal identities for all children through the use of single finger scanner fingerprint recognition technology, no matter which country or region they were born in, just by sticking out their fingers can accurately prove who the child is. The next step is to establish an environment where children can reliably and appropriately obtain the public health care, educational opportunities, and social insurance they need as citizens grow up. I think that in order to achieve a fair society, proper research is also needed. The next step is to establish an environment where children can reliably and appropriately obtain the public health care, educational opportunities, and social insurance they need as citizens grow up. I think that in order to achieve a fair society, proper research is also needed.
―Why hasn't the biometric thumb scanner fingerprint recognition of newborns been realized until now?
Fingerprints scanner biometric are unique and eternal. Therefore, when the fingerprint of a newborn baby is regarded as a pattern, it can be imagined as a miniature version of an adult's fingerprint. However, the established research on newborn infant fingerprints is limited, and there is no verification data. In order to realize the fingerprint recognition of newborns, it is necessary to first understand what the newborn's fingerprints are. Therefore, when the fingerprint of a newborn baby is regarded as a pattern, it can be imagined as a miniature version of an adult's fingerprint. However, the established research on newborn infant fingerprints is limited, and there is no verification data. In order to realize the fingerprint recognition of newborns, it is necessary to first understand what the newborn's fingerprints are.
Therefore, the first thing the company has to do is to contact the Bakista Medical School, nursing institution, and ask them to teach us some knowledge about newborn babies. Because this is still the era of the Millennium Development Goals (Millennium Development Goals) before the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, such international issues are not widely known, and people are confused about the motivation behind this research.
Next, our company will collect the biometric fingerprint device data of newborn babies together with the Pakistani government. However, from preliminary investigations, I know that the data collection equipment with a resolution of about 500 Dpi (pixels per inch) usually used for adult fingerprint recognition is not suitable for imaging children's fingerprints. In addition, there is no high-resolution imaging device for correctly scanning newborn fingerprints. Because the device does not exist, we create it.
A simple way to understand it is that the extremely small size of the finger is a problem. When trying to scan a newborn's fingerprint scanner module with sufficient accuracy, you must be able to clearly scan lines smaller than 20 µm that constitute the same fingerprint of an adult in an area of approximately 1 square centimeter. Therefore, we use a high-resolution CMOS sensor, but this alone is not enough to scan the sweaty fingerprints of newborn babies. As a result, we used a method that applies a special glass patented by NEC to the sensor surface to clearly capture fingerprints.
According to previous test results, a resolution of 2400 ppi was used as a special configuration for newborn babies, and the scan was successful. When trying to scan a newborn's fingerprint with sufficient accuracy, you must be able to clearly scan lines smaller than 20 µm that constitute the same fingerprint of an adult in an area of approximately 1 square centimeter. Therefore, we use a high-resolution CMOS sensor, but this alone is not enough to scan the sweaty fingerprints of newborn babies. As a result, we used a method that applies a special glass patented by NEC to the sensor surface to clearly capture fingerprints. According to previous test results, a resolution of 2400 ppi was used as a special configuration for newborn babies, and the scan was successful.
Of course, it goes without saying that babies cannot obediently place their fingers on the scanner in front of them. On-site operators must place the handheld scanner close to the baby's finger and place it on the scanning surface. However, babies will clasp their hands reflexively, while others may be afraid and cry, so there is always a risk of fuzzy fingerprints. On-site operators must place the handheld scanner close to the baby’s finger and place it on the scanning surface. However, babies will clasp their hands reflexively, while others may be afraid and cry, so there is always a risk of fuzzy fingerprints.
In addition, babies have soft skin and have a lot of water in their bodies. Therefore, just placing their finger on the scanning surface, gently pressing and moving it, will produce multiple wrinkles on the surface of their finger, and the fingerprint will be scanned in a deformed shape. This "elastic deformation" phenomenon is one of the main obstacles that make it difficult for newborn babies to perform fingerprint recognition. Therefore, we tried to solve this problem by increasing the scanning frame rate to 7 fps (frames per second). Prior to this, the portable fingerprint scanner recognition tools were all calculated and executed at a speed of 2fps, but now we see that the speed has been significantly improved. In addition, we also discussed methods to prevent elastic deformation from a hardware perspective.
We designed the scanner so that even if the finger is fixed on both sides of the scanning surface at an appropriate height, the finger can be pressed too hard to prevent the fingerprint from getting dirty.
In addition, these walls limit the horizontal width and depth of the imaging surface and make it difficult to move a finger when placed on the surface. We implemented this design based on the following idea: effectively placing near-infrared LEDs on both sides of the imaging surface will help solve the problem of elastic deformation. By integrating the best hardware and software (including clever ideas like this), we can perform fingerprint imaging on newborns with a stable quality level.
―How long can the child be registered and certified after birth?
In the test experiment, we successfully scanned the fingerprints of newborn babies six hours after birth.
However, by implementing specific functions for these newborn babies, we have proven that we can even scan newborn babies within two hours of birth. This seems to be a reduction of only four hours, but it is very important that we can achieve this reduction through test trials. The reason is that we noticed in the test trials conducted in Kenya that, depending on the region, many mothers and babies left the hospital less than six hours after delivery. We were told that the reasons for this behavior included customs, mothers and newborns relaxing at home after birth, support from relatives, and close ties with the local area. In addition, the hospital environment is different from Japan. For example, there is no air conditioner in the ward, and sometimes even the fan stops working. Depending on the room, the windows may not close or there may be no screen, so there is a risk of malaria.
If the environment is basically the same as at home, many mothers decide to go home and check out within about six hours. I was surprised to see my mother walking in front of me immediately after giving birth, carrying her belongings. This seems to be a reduction of only four hours, but it is very important that we can achieve this reduction through test trials.
The reason is that we noticed in the test trials conducted in Kenya that, depending on the region, many mothers and babies left the hospital less than six hours after delivery. We were told that the reasons for this behavior included customs, mothers and newborns relaxing at home after birth, support from relatives, and close ties with the local area. In addition, the hospital environment is different from Japan. For example, there is no air conditioner in the ward, and sometimes even the fan stops working. Depending on the room, the windows may not close or there may be no screen, so there is a risk of malaria. If the environment is basically the same as at home, many mothers decide to go home and check out within about six hours. I was surprised to see my mother walking in front of me immediately after giving birth, carrying her belongings.
Therefore, it is of great significance to be able to record the fingerprints of newborns without failure within six hours after birth. It can verify the identity of the child at checkout to prevent misidentification and create birth certificate data to correctly prove that the child was born in the hospital. If you can prove the hospital where the child was born and the nationality of the parents, this information can be linked to the birth registration of the citizen of that country to provide legal identities to all babies. Regrettably, countries cannot just treat any child brought to a government agency as a citizen. Some countries in Africa are facing the refugee problem and the situation is extremely serious. It can verify the identity of the child at checkout to prevent misidentification and create birth certificate data to correctly prove that the child was born in the hospital. If you can prove the hospital where the child was born and the nationality of the parents, this information can be linked to the birth registration of the citizen of that country to provide legal identities to all babies. Regrettably, countries cannot just treat any child brought to a government agency as a citizen. Some countries in Africa are facing the refugee problem and the situation is extremely serious.
Every year 2.5 million children worldwide die because they do not receive life-saving vaccinations at the right time.
Michigan State University professor Anil Jain is developing a biometric fingerprint reader -based identification method to track the vaccination schedule of infants and young children, which will increase immunization coverage and save lives.
In order to expand coverage, vaccines must be recorded and tracked. The traditional tracking method is to let parents keep paper documents. But in developing countries, tracking infant vaccination plans on paper is largely ineffective. The traditional tracking method is to let parents keep paper documents. But in developing countries, tracking infant vaccination plans on paper is largely ineffective
Paper documents can easily be lost or destroyed. Preliminary studies have shown that the fingerprints of infants and young children have great potential to accurately record immunizations. You may lose paper documents, but you will not lose fingerprints. "Our preliminary research shows that the fingerprints of infants and young children have great potential to accurately record immunizations. You may lose paper documents, but you will not lose fingerprints. "
Use an optical fingerprint reader to scan the thumb and index finger of babies and toddlers. Based on this scan data, a schedule will be created and made part of the vaccine registration system. The Pakistani government uses optical fingerprint readers to scan the thumbs and index fingers of babies and toddlers. Based on this scan data, a schedule will be created and made part of the vaccine registration system.
In addition to tracking vaccination, finger scanner machine recognition has other benefits. Including the development of the civil registration system, the tracking of government benefits and the preservation of educational records
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