Airport Biometrics: A Primer (2021) / Chapter Skim
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189 Summary Carrasco International Airport (MVD) has successfully implemented biometrics at its border control and boarding checkpoints at arrivals and departures, significantly increasing processing capacity at those points.
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190 Airport Biometrics: A Primer How Does It Work? System Architecture, Pre-Existing Systems, and Databases The biometric solutions at MVD are found at the border control e-gates and the boarding e-gates.
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Case Study: Risk Management During COVID-19 Using Biometrics at Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay 191 Ministry of Homeland Security risk scoring, which Carrasco International Airport uses for its risk-based assessments. This tailor-made system enables the operation of the e-gates, facilitates the temporary storage of the recorded biometrics, and provides an EasyWeb portal for its users and stakeholders.
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192 Airport Biometrics: A Primer Stakeholders and Responsibilities Stakeholders The project was led by Corporacion America in collaboration with the airport (government) authorities at Montevideo and the vendor Vision-Box.
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Case Study: Risk Management During COVID-19 Using Biometrics at Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay 193 Early in 2020, the use of the technology also enabled the border control authority to initiate risk profiling (related to COVID-19) during the arrivals process (Cerri 2020)
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194 Airport Biometrics: A Primer The capturing of facial biometrics with cameras installed at the e-gates was improved several times after learning the influence of lighting (time of day, light conditions outside, added lighting in the e-gates) as well as the sudden mandatory use of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Case Study: Risk Management During COVID-19 Using Biometrics at Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay 195 The use of facial recognition has also been considered for the pre-security check. This could shift the location for the enrollment to earlier in the passenger journey.
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