Futronic's MS Windows Fingerprint Recognition Software Development Kit (SDK) is an excellent tool for users to develop their own MS Windows based fingerprint recognition application software. It works seamlessly with the Futronic FS80 USB2.0 fingerprint scanner. With the SDK, you can make use of Futronic proprietary fingerprint recognition algorithm without knowing the details of a purely mathematical process. So fingerprint recognition can be integrated into any application program to REPLACE the users’ Logon password by a touch of finger to make the system more secure and user administration easier.

Standard SDK package includes example programs with source code to show how to use the SDK for the following development platforms:

• VB6 and VC6
• Borland Delphi
• VB.Net and VC.net
• VB.2005 and VC.2005
• JAVA

Some brief explanation

• A fingerprint must be registered in a system before it can be used for authentication.
• During registration, the fingerprint image is captured by using a fingerprint scanner. Then the system will extract the fingerprint's characteristics (minutiae) from the captured image and create a fingerprint registration template which is stored in any non-volatile memory space.
• To do user authentication, fingerprint is captured again and the system will create an accessing fingerprint template using the same method as creating a registration template. Then it will compare the accessing template with the registration template to determine if there is a "match" or "no match".
• If a user ID is provided, the system will compare the accessing template to the registration template of this particular user ID. This is called verification (1-to-1 matching).
• If a user ID is not provided, the system will compare the accessing template to all the registration templates stored in the system. This is called identification (1-to-many matching).