Read the text and then write the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete the gaps. The first is done.

TO MOUNT TO USE TO MATCH TO USE TO TAKE TO RECOGNIZE TO EQUIP TO INFORM TO DIGITIZE TO SECURE TO LOCATE TO COMPARE TO SCAN TO SURROUND TO CAPTURE TO PRESENT TO DESIGN TO VERIFY

1. Retinal scanner - computer 1) equipment that 2)………… to examine someone's retina in order to identify them. Retinal scanners 3)………… by the police and immigration officials at some airports to check the 4)………… on someone's passport or ID card.

2. Fingerprint5)………… -A device that can scan a fingerprint and compare the 6)………… image/data with fingerprints in a database of authorized visitors. A scanner used to identify a person's fingerprint for 7)………… purposes. After a sample is 8)…………, access to a computer or other system is granted if the fingerprint 9)………… the stored sample. A PIN may also be used with the fingerprint sample.

3. A facial10)………… device is one that views an image or video of a person and compares it to one that is in the database. It does this by 11)………… structure, shape and proportions of the face; distance between the eyes, nose, mouth and jaw; the sides of the mouth; 12)…………of the nose and eyes; and the area 13)………… the check bones.

4. Hand-geometry devices are specially 14)………… biometric devices used for 15)………… the geometric characteristics of a human hand for hand-geometry-based identity 16)………… A typical hand-geometry device records images of the parts of the hand with a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera that is 17)………… above a flat surface on which the person 18)………… to the device places his/her hand.

Match the following acquisition devices with each associated biometric technology.

 

Technology Acquisition Device
Fingerprint Desktop peripheral, mouse, chip or reader embedded in keyboard
Voice recognition Microphone, telephone
Facial recognition Video camera, PC camera, single-image camera
Iris-scan Infrared-enabled video camera, PC camera
Retina-scan Proprietary desktop or wall-mountable unit
Hand geometry Proprietary wall-mounted unit
Signature-scan Signature tablet, motion-sensitive stylus
Keystroke-scan Keyboard or keypad