System and method for remotely searching biometric data

A method for creating a searchable database of retrievable biometric templates comprising the steps of:

• a. identifying a group of individuals of interest wherein said individuals are live individuals;
• b. applying a registration process to each individual in said group of individuals whereby relevant personal information pertaining to each individual is collected and recorded into a database;
• c. obtaining a plurality of video images of the faces of each individual in various positions;
• d. extracting the required facial features from each of the plurality of video images;
• e. converting required facial features into a digital biometric template representing a single individual;
• f. transmitting said digital biometric template to a remote storage medium.

A method for creating a searchable database of biometric templates comprising the steps of:

• a. identifying a photographic database of a group of individuals of interest;
• b. scanning each photographic image into an image detector;
• c. converting each photographic image into a digital video image;
• d. extracting the required facial features from each of the plurality of video images;
• e. converting required facial features into a digital biometric template representing a single individual;
• f. transmitting said digital biometric template to a remote storage medium.

In a system for remotely searching biometric data comprising:

• a least one remote workstation for inputting a search query;
• at least one searchable database for receiving a search query and executing a search;
• a server operatively connected between the at least one workstation and the at least one database for managing data traffic between the remote workstation and the database;
• and, a communication circuit between said remote workstation and said server and between said server and said database for the transmission of data a method of searching a database comprising the steps of:
• a. receipt of a search query by the database from the server wherein said query contains a target biometric template;
• b. executing a search routine contained in the database that compares the target biometric template with all biometric templates stored in the database;
• c. executing a confidence algorithm with a pre-selectable confidence match level for each comparison of target biometric template with stored biometric template;
• d. selecting only those biometric templates stored in the database that fall within said confidence match level;
• e. storing the matched biometric templates in a memory;
• f. repeating steps b to e until all biometric templates stored in the database have been assessed;
• g. prioritizing matched biometric templates in descending order of match;
• h. transmitting matched biometric templates to the server.

In a system for remotely searching biometric data comprising:

• a least one remote workstation for inputting a search query;
• at least one searchable database for receiving a search query and executing a search;
• a server operatively connected between the at least one workstation and the at least one database for managing data traffic between the remote workstation and the database;
• and, a communication circuit between said remote workstation and said server and between said server and said database for the transmission of data, wherein each biometric template stored in the database is tagged with a unique identifier said system further including a second database containing relevant textual records of each individual correlated to the biometric template of said individual by the tagged identifier.

A system for remotely searching biometric data comprising:

• a. at least one remote workstation for inputting a search query, said remote workstation mounted to a mobile platform;
• b. data transmission means for transmitting data from said mobile platform to;
• c. data receiving means for receiving data transmitted from the mobile platform;
• d. a communications network portal for transferring data from said data receiving means to a communications network;
• e. at least one searchable database for receiving a search query from the mobile workstation and executing a search;
• f. a server operatively connected between the at least one mobile workstation and the at least one database for managing data traffic between the remote workstation and the database;
• g. a communication circuit between said portal and said server and between said server and said database for the transmission of data;
• h. a fixed remote workstation for receiving search query results from the server;
• i. means for the review and analysis of search results;
• and,
• j. communication means for relaying data from the fixed workstation to the mobile workstation.