Multimodal biometric collection and evaluation architecture

Abstract

The size and scope of standoff multimodal biometric datasets can be increased through the adoption of a common architecture to collect, describe, archive, and analyze subject traits. The Extendable Multimodal Biometric Evaluation Range (EMBER) system developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a field-ready, easily adaptable architecture to streamline collections requiring multiple biometric devices in environments of interest. Its data architecture includes a fully featured metadata-rich relational database that supports the aggregation of biometric data collected with proliferated systems into a single corpus for analytical use.