ELIAS – Electronic Identification and Authentication Scanner

Autonomous high-performance ID scanner

ELIAS is an autonomous, high-performance scanner for ID cards, passports and other identity documents. The system has been developed to automatically capture and forensically analyse identity documents worldwide. It is currently the only FULL-PAGE-PASS-SCANNER in the world that is fully autonomous and self-sufficient, and is also capable of reading microprint.

The scanner has an extremely high optical resolution of up to 2000 DPI, enabling it to detect even the finest security features in a document, including microtext, background patterns and complex print structures.

ELIAS is one of the few systems in the world that combines document verification, biometric identification and data analysis within a fully autonomous system.

Among other things, the system can

Scan ID cards, passports and driving licences
Verify the authenticity of documents using forensic methods
Perform biometric identification (FACE, FINGER)
Perform duplicate checks
Analysing number plate recognition (LPR)
Carry out compliance analyses.

When the system is running online, ELIAS can perform more than a billion biometric comparisons in a single second.

Integration of ARGOS

ELIAS already incorporates the ARGOS software platform, which was developed for the automated verification of identity documents. This enables the system to analyse documents worldwide and automatically process even new or previously unknown document types.

Mobile and stationary use

ELIAS can be used both as a fixed installation and as a mobile unit. For example, the system can

at government offices
in emergency vehicles
at checkpoints
or in mobile security applications

are operated.

Thanks to an optional mobile power supply, the system can also be used independently of fixed infrastructure.

Quick identity verification

ELIAS enables identity checks to be carried out in a matter of seconds. This can significantly speed up processes such as traffic checks or security screenings, whilst at the same time improving the safety of emergency services personnel.