The project
The overall D4FLY concept is to identify, reduce and avoid vulnerabilities in the identity lifecycle of modern border management, thereby strengthening European Smart Borders against serious and organized crime. It does this by exploring, developing and validating new technologies for identity and document verification – including biometrics-on-the-fly, and even explores how this could work in risk-based border management concepts.
The D4FLY project will augment the current capabilities and capacities of border authorities in countering emerging threats in document and identity verification (e.g., forged documents, impostor fraud, morphed faces) at manual and highly automated border control points and in the issuance process of genuine documents.
The D4FLY set of tools and systems will improve the quality of verification and reduce major time sinks in the processes, thus enabling a real on-the-move border crossing experience for travelers.
The D4FLY solution will consist of a border control kiosk geared with enhanced enrolment, verification, and detection capabilities; smartphone applications for improved performance and verification capabilities, and a non-stop on-the-move system for biometric verification. Four different border control points and one document fraud expertise center will form the project’s testing and demonstration ground.
Novel sensor hardware based on advanced lightfield cameras and novel algorithms developed in the project will enhance verification accuracy and robustness via the combined usage of 2D+thermal face, 3D face, iris, and somatotype biometrics. Additionally, analytical means to identify known criminals based on somatotype and 3D face data generated from mugshots and observation data will be developed.
D4FLY will also create a resilient document verification system that can verify a multitude of physical and electronic security features (e.g., Kinegrams®, MLIs, CLIs), detect complex forms of electronic fraud and advanced morphing, and identify fraud in breeder documents. The potential benefit of blockchain technology in identity verification will also be investigated.
All our tools and solutions will be validated against European societal values, fundamental rights, ethics, privacy, data protection and applicable legislation.