FINGERPRINT BASED

ACCESS CONTROL
SYSTEM WITH USER FACE
IDENTIFICATION
 INTRODUCTION
 Biometrics is making revolution in the field of
access control and security systems. Most of the
systems used today are using punch cards or
smart cards for time & attendance purposes.
 The main disadvantage of this system is there is
always chance of fake entry and thus false
storage will take place.
 This problem can be overcome by use of
fingerprint scan verification. Since thumb is the
unique identity of each individual it is not
possible to enter fake timings for entry or exit.
 But in case of highly secured systems ex,
Military premises fingerprint alone cannot
provide the highest level of security. In this
case to make a highly secured system face
identification is additionally provided as an
ultra measure.
 SUMMERY
 This project implements a Biometrics
Access Control Terminal with fingerprint &
face identification using an ARM
microcontroller. Ethernet capability can
also be provided to make a complete
Network Enabled Biometrics Access
Control System.
 The fingerprint of the user will be captured
using the fingerprint scanner module. The
fingerprint would be processed by the
module and if a match is found then this
data is communicated to the ARM uC.

 Then uC will also capture the timestamp of

the fingerprint scan from the RTC.

 All these timing details will be stored in the

memory.
 LCD will be used to display different
messages.
 LED and buzzer indication can also be
provided for access allowed/access
denied etc.
 The keyboard will be used to enter user
ID, to change user ID, for selecting modes
etc.
 Once a user is successfully verified at the
terminal using his/her fingerprint, a live
image of the user is captured using the
CMOS camera at the terminal.
 The image will be transmitted over TCP/IP
to the server.

 The software on the sever will retrieve the

user image stored on the server database
and will provide a comparison between the
retrieved and the live image.

 Once the identity of the user is verified

completely the user can be granted access
to the premises.
 MAIN COMPONENTS

 Fingerprint Scanner Module.

 CMOS Color Camera.
 Ethernet Controller Interface.
 Display & Keypad.
 Analog Interface for Door Control.
FINGER PRINT SCANNER
MODULE
 Fingerprint image acquisition is considered
the most critical step of an automated
fingerprint authentication system, as it
determines the final fingerprint image
quality, which has drastic effects on the
overall system performance.
 There are different types of fingerprint
readers on the market, but the basic idea
behind each capture approach is to
measure in some way the physical
difference between ridges and valleys.
 All the proposed methods can be grouped
in two major families: solid-state fingerprint
readers and optical fingerprint readers.

 The procedure for capturing a fingerprint

using a sensor consists of rolling or
touching with the finger onto a sensing
area, which according to the physical
principle in use (capacitive, optical,
thermal, acoustic, etc.) captures the
difference between valleys and ridges.
 When a finger touches or
rolls onto a surface, the
elastic skin deforms. The
quantity and direction of
the pressure applied by
the user, the skin
conditions and the
projection of an irregular
3D object (the finger)
onto a 2D flat plane
introduce distortions,
noise and inconsistencies
in the captured fingerprint
image. 3D fingerprint
 These problems result in inconsistent,
irreproducible and non-uniform contacts
and, during each acquisition, their effects
on the same fingerprint results are
different and uncontrollable.
 The representation of the same fingerprint
changes every time the finger is placed on
the sensor plate, increasing the complexity
of the fingerprint matching, impairing the
system performance, and consequently
limiting the widespread use of this
biometric technology.
CMOS COLOR CAMERA

CMOS image sensor

 An active-pixel sensor (APS), also
commonly written active pixel sensor, is
an image sensor consisting of
an integrated circuit containing an array of
pixel sensors, each pixel containing
a photo detector and an active amplifier.
 There are many types of active pixel
sensors including the CMOS APS used
most commonly in cell phone
cameras, web cameras and in
some DSLRs.
 Such an image sensor is produced by
a CMOS process (and is hence also
known as a CMOS sensor), and has
emerged as an alternative to charge-
coupled device (CCD) imager sensors.
 The term active pixel sensor is also used
to refer to the individual pixel sensor itself,
as opposed to the image sensor; in that
case the image sensor is sometimes
called an active pixel sensor imager,
active-pixel image sensor, or active-pixel-
sensor (APS) imager.
Ethernet Controller
 LPC 2131/32/34/36/38
 The LPC2131/32/34/36/38 micro-controllers are
based on a 16/32-bit ARM7TDMI-S CPU with
real-time emulation and embedded trace
support, that combine the microcontroller with
32kB, 64kB, 128kB, 256kB and 512kB of
embedded high-speed flash memory.

 A 128-bit wide memory interface and a unique

accelerator architecture enable 32-bit code
execution at maximum clock rate.
 Due to their tiny size and low power
consumption, these microcontrollers are ideal for
applications where miniaturization is a key
requirement, such as access control and point-
of-sale.

 With a wide range of serial communications

interfaces and on-chip SRAM options of 8 kB, 16
kB, and 32 kB, they are very well suited for
communication gateways and protocol
converters, soft modems, voice recognition and
low-end imaging, providing both large buffer size
and high processing power.
 Features
 16/32-bit ARM7TDMI-S microcontroller in
a tiny LQFP64 or HVQFN package.
 8/16/32 kB of on-chip static RAM and
32/64/128/256/512 kB of on-chip flash
program memory.
 128-bit wide interface/accelerator enables
high-speed 60 MHz operation.
 In-System Programming/In-Application
Programming (ISP/IAP) via on-chip
bootloader software.
 Single flash sector or full chip erase in 400
ms and programming of 256 B in 1 ms.
 Embedded ICE RT and Embedded Trace
interfaces offer real-time debugging with
the on-chip RealMonitor software and
high-speed tracing of instruction
execution.
 Low power Real-time clock with
independent power and dedicated 32 kHz
clock input.
 Vectored interrupt controller with
configurable priorities and vector
addresses.
 Up to forty-seven 5 V tolerant general
purpose I/O pins in tiny LQFP64 or
HVQFN package.
 Up to nine edge or level sensitive external
interrupt pins available.
 60 MHz maximum CPU clock available
from programmable on-chip PLL with
settlingtime of 100 ms. Etc….
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