3.1 Scope

The specifications in this section pertain to the production of the mandatory PIV biometric enrollment data. That is, this section provides specifications for acquisition, formatting, and storage of fingerprint images and templates. The following is an overview of the material covered in this section. + Section 3.2 gives specifications for the use of fingerprint scanners to capture fingerprint images for PIV Registration;

+ Section 3.4 gives the format for fingerprint templates stored on the PIV Card;

+ Section 3.5 gives specifications for fingerprint images retained by agencies;

+ Section 3.6 specifies the transformation of fingerprints into records suitable for transmission to the FBI for the background check.

Note that although FBI requirements drive the sensor specifications, the permanent electronic storage formats, specified in Sections 3.4 and 3.5, are INCITS (i.e. non-FBI) standard records and are therefore specified independently. Figure 1 depicts the procedure for fingerprint acquisition and storage.

Figure 1 : PIV fingerprint image flow

Ten-print Fingerprint Acquisition (Table 1)

Quality Control (Table 2)

Fingerprint Images INCITS 378 Generator (Sec. 3.3)

INCITS 381 Generator (Sec. 3.4)

ANSI-NIST Type 4 or Type 14 Generator (Sec. 3.5) PIV Card (800-73)

Registration Authority or Agency

FBI Background Check Transmit, directly or via OPM Retain

Pass Fail PIV Card Re-issuance [FIPS, 5.3.2.1] Segmentation Store

Pre-PIV Practice Re-acquire

`3.1` Scope

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Control