The Columbo and Columbo Desktop are the world’s smallest, lightest, and fastest FBI PIV FAP 30 certified single-fingerprint scanners, producing the highest quality fingerprint images in a small and lightweight form factor. The Columbo is provided with a full featured SDK to enable effective integration into applications requiring certified quality images, meeting the needs for enrollment and verification applications common in international standards based programs. The Columbo and Columbo Desktop are incredibly accurate and much more difficult to spoof than run-of-the-mill competitors, providing a new alternative for unattended verification applications.

FEATURES

• Fast, accurate, high-resolution single-fingerprint capture for identity management applications running on desktops, laptops, smartphones or tablets
• Reliable identity enrollment verification for hard-to-scan age groups, such as children as young as 6-months old
• Toggles between FBI certified 500ppi and high-resolution 920ppi modes using a simple software switch
• Provides full functionality under challenging conditions, such as dry or dirty fingers or direct sunlight

TYPICAL APPLICATIONS

• Vaccination programs and remote medical delivery in the developing world, where identity management of children and adults is a challenge, and controlled delivery of services is essential
• Registration/Identification at public and private venues so that only authorized parents or guardians can retrieve children
- Schools
- Day care centers
- After school and sports programs

• Entry validation for amusement parks, malls, concert venues, fairs and festivals, and other entertainment facilities where the identity of young children is a necessity
• Highly personalized contractor/visitor access control instead of generic badges for secured facilities
- Government offices
- Corporate campuses
- Laboratory and industrial facilities
- Airports, seaports, and transportation hubs
- Power plants and other critical infrastructure

Columbo Desktop Biometric Scanner