Fast-response biometric system now in use in Thailand

Health & Leisure
Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Thailand now is using an ultra-fast biometric system that captures passport, fingerprints and faces of each traveller upon arrival and departure. 
The new border control system identifies a person by biometric data to prevent fraud and identity theft.
Developed by Germany’s Dermalog, the core of the service is a so-called Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS).  
 
It matches not only fingerprints but also face and (optional) iris. The new system in Thailand takes only 0.1 seconds to identify a person through the entire database by fingerprint and face. 
At present, it is the world's fastest multi-biometric systems for so-called one-to-many matching.

The new biometric border control system has been installed at 65 border crossings throughout Thailand, which includes 16 international airports and 49 land borders and seaports. 
A total of 1,020 biometric counters for entry and exit are now in operation. Since its launch the service has checked about 49 million travellers.

Among them, the Thai Immigration Bureau identified more than 4,300 blacklisted persons and about 127,000 people who had violated visa regulations. 
In addition, 3,166 persons arrested for fraud attempts were detected by the biometric system. "We are very satisfied with the new Dermalog biometric border control system, as it has increased the rate of catching criminals at our borders tremendously," said Immigration Bureau chief Sompong Chingduang.

To date  more than 240 government agencies in 90 countries are using this latest biometric technology.

Fast-response biometric system now in use in Thailand

Health & Leisure
Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Thailand now is using an ultra-fast biometric system that captures passport, fingerprints and faces of each traveller upon arrival and departure. 
The new border control system identifies a person by biometric data to prevent fraud and identity theft.
Developed by Germany’s Dermalog, the core of the service is a so-called Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS).  
 
It matches not only fingerprints but also face and (optional) iris. The new system in Thailand takes only 0.1 seconds to identify a person through the entire database by fingerprint and face. 
At present, it is the world's fastest multi-biometric systems for so-called one-to-many matching.

The new biometric border control system has been installed at 65 border crossings throughout Thailand, which includes 16 international airports and 49 land borders and seaports. 
A total of 1,020 biometric counters for entry and exit are now in operation. Since its launch the service has checked about 49 million travellers.

Among them, the Thai Immigration Bureau identified more than 4,300 blacklisted persons and about 127,000 people who had violated visa regulations. 
In addition, 3,166 persons arrested for fraud attempts were detected by the biometric system. "We are very satisfied with the new Dermalog biometric border control system, as it has increased the rate of catching criminals at our borders tremendously," said Immigration Bureau chief Sompong Chingduang.

To date  more than 240 government agencies in 90 countries are using this latest biometric technology.