Multi-modal biometric system in India to track criminals

Faced with shortcomings in the existing biometric systems in identifying criminals, researchers at IIT-Kanpur have developed a new system which can record multiple traits of people, giving an almost 100 pc matching score.Experts claim that this system will help the sleuths nab criminals with accuracy and speed and is likely to overcome the flaws of the current biometric system being used by intelligence and security agencies in the country.The new system can simultaneously integrate five traits -- face, fingerprint, iris (eye), ear and signature -- and the IIT-K has already tested the system on a sample of 1831 individuals.The system is likely to reduce the time for matching criminal records manifold as it uses various traits for identity verification.