Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation

Criminal Justice Information Services D

Criminal Justice Information Services D

Recommendations for ANSI NIST Rev

Recommendations for ANSI NIST Rev

As Applied to Next Gener As Applied to Next Generation IAFIS Palm 

ation IAFIS Palm 

April 2005 April 2005
Introduction Introduction

FBI Palm Service will serve as the N

FBI Palm Service will serve as the 

Repository RepositoryFully Integrated within IAFIS Fully Integrated within IAFISPrimary customers include FBI Lab

Primary customers include FBI Lab

Division and other federal, state an

Division and other federal, state an

enforcement agencies enforcement agencies Recommendations for Updating Sta

Recommendations for Updating Sta

assist in achieving these goals assist in achieving these goals
National Palm Pri

National Palm Pri

Functionality Functionality

– Receive, Store, & Search P

Receive, Store, & Search P

Including Major Case Prints Including Major Case Prints

– Allow Bulk Submissions Allow Bulk Submissions– Search Unsolved Latent File Search Unsolved Latent File– Multi

-modal

Benefits Benefits

– Additional Biometric Additional Biometric– Solve More Crimes Solve More Crimes
Major Case Print

Major Case Print

Major Case Prints impressio

Major Case Prints impressio

generally referred to as palm 

generally referred to as palm 

can be comprised of a variet

can be comprised of a variet

impression types including th

impression types including th

of the hypothenar hypothenar

(

“writer’s p

rolled edge of the rolled edge of the thenar

(the

area of skin between the thu

area of skin between the thu

finger ( finger (

“grip print grip print

”), the area 

), the area 

carpal delta ( carpal delta (

“wrist bracelet wrist bracelet

”)

fingerprints and tip fingerprin

fingerprints and tip fingerprin

92 additional codes identified 92 additional codes identifie
Benefit of Addition

Benefit of Addition

AFIS Enrollment AFIS EnrollmentStandardize Major Case 

Standardize Major Case 

Search Partitioning Search PartitioningPerformance/Accuracy Performance/AccuracyImportance for latent exa

Importance for latent exa

reproduce (print) reproduce (print)Vetted recommendations 

Vetted recommendations 

AFIS Committee and FB

AFIS Committee and FB
Current Finger P

Current Finger P
Current Palm Po

Current Palm Po
New INCITS Palm 

New INCITS Palm 

Palm Position P

C

Right Interdigital 3Right Thenar 32 Right Hypothenar 33 Left Interdigital 34 Left Thenar 35 Left Hypothenar 36 
FBI Proposed Palm 

FBI Proposed Palm 

Palm Position

Right Full Hand 37Left Full Hand 38Right Rolled Full Palm 39Left Rolled Full Palm 40Right Rolled Lower Palm 41Left Rolled Lower Palm 42Right Thenar Roll 43Left Thenar Roll 44Right Carpal Roll 45Left Carpal Roll 46Right Interdigital Roll 47Left Interdigital Roll 48Right Grip Print 49Left Grip Print 50Right Hypothenar Roll 51Left Hypothenar Roll 52

PalCo
FBI Proposed Pal

FBI Proposed Pal

(Continued) (Continued)

Palm Position #1 Rolled Joint Print #2 Rolled Joint Print #3 Rolled Joint Print #4 Rolled Joint Print #5 Rolled Joint Print #6 Rolled Joint Print #7 Rolled Joint Print #8 Rolled Joint Print #9 Rolled Joint Print #10 Rolled Joint Print 
FBI Proposed Pal

FBI Proposed Pal

(Continued) (Continued)

Palm Position P

C

#1 Left Side Joint Print 7#2 Left Side Joint Print 7#3 Left Side Joint Print 7#4 Left Side Joint Print 7#5 Left Side Joint Print 7#6 Left Side Joint Print 7#7 Left Side Joint Print 7#8 Left Side Joint Print 7#9 Left Side Joint Print 7#10 Left Side Joint Print 7
FBI Proposed Pal

FBI Proposed Pal

(Continued) (Continued)

Palm Position P

C

#1 Middle Joint Print 8

#2 Middle Joint Print 8

#3 Middle Joint Print 8

#4 Middle Joint Print 8

#5 Middle Joint Print 8

#6 Middle Joint Print 8

#7 Middle Joint Print 8

#8 Middle Joint Print 8

#9 Middle Joint Print 8

#10 Middle Joint Print 8
FBI Proposed Pal

FBI Proposed Pal

(Continued) (Continued)

Palm Position Pal

Cod

#1 Right Side Joint Print 90 #2 Right Side Joint Print 91 #3 Right Side Joint Print 92 #4 Right Side Joint Print 93 #5 Right Side Joint Print 94 #6 Right Side Joint Print 95 #7 Right Side Joint Print 96 #8 Right Side Joint Print 97 #9 Right Side Joint Print 98 #10 Right Side Joint Print 99 
FBI Proposed Pal

FBI Proposed Pal

(Continued) (Continued)

Palm Position Pa

Co

#1 Rolled Tip Fingerprint 10#2 Rolled Tip Fingerprint 10#3 Rolled Tip Fingerprint 10#4 Rolled Tip Fingerprint 10#5 Rolled Tip Fingerprint 10#6 Rolled Tip Fingerprint 10#7 Rolled Tip Fingerprint 10#8 Rolled Tip Fingerprint 10#9 Rolled Tip Fingerprint 10#10 Rolled Tip Fingerprint 10
FBI Proposed Pal

FBI Proposed Pal

(Continued) (Continued)

Palm Position P

C

#1 Straight Up Tip Fingerprint 1#2 Straight Up Tip Fingerprint 1#3 Straight Up Tip Fingerprint 1#4 Straight Up Tip Fingerprint 1#5 Straight Up Tip Fingerprint 1#6 Straight Up Tip Fingerprint 1#7 Straight Up Tip Fingerprint 1#8 Straight Up Tip Fingerprint 1#9 Straight Up Tip Fingerprint 1#10 Straight Up Tip Fingerprint 1
FBI Proposed Pal

FBI Proposed Pal

(Continued) (Continued)

Palm Position #1 Tip Fingerprint (90 degree) #2 Tip Fingerprint (90 degree) #3 Tip Fingerprint (90 degree) #4 Tip Fingerprint (90 degree) #5 Tip Fingerprint (90 degree) #6 Tip Fingerprint (90 degree) #7 Tip Fingerprint (90 degree) #8 Tip Fingerprint (90 degree) #9 Tip Fingerprint (90 degree) #10 Tip Fingerprint (90 degree) 
Further Recomme

Further Recomme

With the additions of the aforeme

With the additions of the aforeme

is recommended that the existing 

is recommended that the existing 

Table 19 be further defined as be

Table 19 be further defined as be

– #21, Right Full Palm, further defined 

#21, Right Full Palm, further defined 

opposed to right full palm opposed to right full palm 

“rolled

” in 

in 

– #23, Left Full Palm, further defined a

#23, Left Full Palm, further defined a

opposed to left full palm opposed to left full palm 

“rolled

” in p

in p

– #25, Right Lower Palm, further defin

#25, Right Lower Palm, further defin

opposed to right lower palm opposed to right lower palm 

“rolled

” 

41)

– #27, Left Lower Palm, further define

#27, Left Lower Palm, further define

opposed to left lower palm opposed to left lower palm 

“rolled

” in 

in 
Summary Summary

Integrate new codes with

Integrate new codes with

NIST to better support M

NIST to better support M

prints and Next Generatio

prints and Next Generati

Image area (width and he

Image area (width and he

Need exists to standardiz

Need exists to standardiz

Case Print Case Print Card(s) which 

) which 

ANSI NIST fields ANSI NIST fields
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