Bimodal Standoff Biometric Collection System

To address the Army need for standoff capture of multimodal biometrics, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Bimodal Standoff Biometric Collection (BISBIC) system for multimodal high-resolution biometric capture, based on POC''s innovative nonoptical zoom with wide field-of-view (FOV) technology with a ultrasuperpixel array. It is based on POC’s innovative, ultrawide-FOV (90 deg. x 12 deg.) technology with no moving components, volume captures (no orientation requirements) and a superfocal-plane array. BISBIC performs instantaneous electronic zoom on biometrics (iris and face) without restricting the subject’s activities or orientation. BISBIC features wide capture volumes in all orientations with instant, telescopic, high resolution (0.1 mm) at 100 meters, which is unprecedented. The BISBIC package is 12 in. (dia) x 8 in. (long), and <10 lb. In Phase I POC will demonstrate the feasibility of BISBIC by building and testing functional BISBIC components in a laboratory testbed. In Phase II we plan to design, fabricate, and test a fully functional prototype in a realistic environment.