MANCHESTER AIRPORT is working together with the Department for Transport on a trial aimed at assessing the practical use and user acceptance levels of biometric technology specifically in an airport environment. The technologies on trial include iris recognition from Panasonic and hand geometry recognition from Recognition Systems Inc. The two systems are running in conjunction with a photo ID system which presents a photo of an individual every time they present themselves to a biometric reader. An administrator then manually checks that the individual”s photo is correct and records a valid match. Both manual and system logs record several data sets including false accept rates, false reject rates and transaction speed times. Manned for 14 hours every day, for a two month period, the trial is expected to amass some 500 participants. Pre and post trial user questionnaires will also provide an indication of user acceptance. It is not known yet if the results will be made available to the public. If they are, they will be published on the Human Recognition Systems website.
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