BSC Biometric Security System Motto – Bringing safety and peace of mind to your life. Project by Joseph Parrish, Alysa Chirillo, Jody Baker, and Ryan Williams

Security Plan The plan that we propose is to station palm vein scanners at each entrance and exit of the amusement park. Palm vein scanners are inexpensive, quick, and accurate. It is also nearly impossible to “trick” a palm vein scanner. This system would be equally effective for both large and small amusement parks, due to the low cost, and high reliability.

The Science Behind the System The scanner uses near-infrared light to capture an image of the vein structure in a persons hand. The hemoglobin in the blood absorbs the light, so the veins appear black in color The software for palm vein scanners creates a reference template based on the structure of an individuals veins, and stores the template for future reference.

Everyday Use People entering the park would have to give their name, pay for their day at the park, and get their hand scanned. This would allow an amusement park to keep an organized record of everyone who entered the park on a certain day. When people exited the park, their hand would be scanned again, and ID would be asked for the match the name. This would make sure no one had bypassed the entrance system. Anyone caught sneaking in would be fined.

Benefits of the System People who needed to exit the park, to go to a car for example, could simply scan their hand, and get back into the park. Season pass owners, could use the same method, plus, they wouldn’t have to wait in the long entry line. There is only a false rejection rate of 0.01%, and those who have the error need only to rescan their hand. Another thing is that the false acceptation rate is 0.00008% Scanners can be used as an attraction, because the images can be sold. Who wouldn’t want to see the vein print in their hand? Even identical twins have different images. Age of the individual does not usually inhibit the scanners rate of accuracy. Reassurance: a sole hand vein scan is useless without more personal information, or access to a private database containing hand vein scans similar to ones taken at the park.

Limitations The same hand must be scanned every time or the scan will simply not work. People with missing arms or hands would have to do things the old fashioned way, such as picture ID, or a printed ticket.

Privacy Issues Because hand vein scans are so accurate, people may be concerned about their privacy. It is recommended that these images are only matched with a name, and park status, such as valid ticket, expired ticket, season passes, etc. This addresses the issue because to match just a name and a scan, people with identical names, would have to be physically rescanned. The database of scans can be purged on a regular basis to ensure that, should the system be compromised, limited data could be stolen.

Success Stories Banks in Japan have been using this technology at ATM’s for more than 5 years to identify people with no real complaints. Disney parks have been using fingerprint scanners since around 2006 with a high success rate.