Fingerprint Scanner History

Fingerprint scanners have been around for a very long time. Today you will learn about several key time points from the following article.

In 1000 BC, traders in ancient Babylon carved contracts on clay tablets, and then both parties pressed their fingerprints on the clay tablets, and the contract officially came into effect.

200 BC – China
The Qin Dynasty in China (221-206 BC) There is such a record in the documents of the Qin Dynasty that any theft will be recorded as evidence.

Clay seals with fingerprints were found in both the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty (221 BC-220 AD)

In 1686, Marcello Malpighi, a professor at the University of Bologna in Italy, found that fingerprint images have rich images, including arches, rings, vortices and ridges. These discoveries paved the way for the confirmation of fingerprint images in 1823

In 1823, Professor Johannes Evengrista Purkinje discovered 9 more fingerprint images based on the previous ones, although they were not used at the time

In 1858, the British began to spread fingerprint recognition. In the same year, Sir William Herschel, the chief magistrate of the Hooghly region of Juniper, India, used fingerprint technology in contracts regulating local land use. Initially, the entire palm print was used, and now a single fingerprint is gradually used.

In 1880, the real use of fingerprints, the function of identification, was excavated. Dr. Foldes proved that fingerprints are effective through a case. This case was successfully verified by comparing the fingerprints left on the bottle with the fingerprints of the laboratory staff. His idea was successfully verified. Before this, fingerprints were only used in writing and theoretically until 1896, when fingerprint identification was used in a criminal case;

the Argentine police analyzed the bloody fingerprints left on the door frame and found the owner of the fingerprint in the data, thus quickly confirming the suspect; after this successful case, more and more law enforcement agencies can collect and retain fingerprints; in 1896, law enforcement agencies around the world began to use fingerprint identification. With the continuous use of fingerprint identification, standardization, internationalization, and security also need to be confirmed;

In 1924, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States undertook this task and began to formulate a standardized process for fingerprints

In 1971, the FBI had collected and stored more than 200 million fingerprints

In the 1990s, the development of computers also accelerated the development of fingerprint identification, and fingerprint programs developed by computers were gradually put on the agenda

Child safety has always been a global concern, in order to solve the problem of child loss and kidnapping.

In 1996, American Fingerprint was founded by Chris Migilaro. This policy has found many lost children.

In 2012, the data of Interpol’s automatic fingerprint identification system has summarized more than 150,000 fingerprint information from 190 member countries.

Fingerprint recognition in 2021 is a milestone year. The FBI and the DNA Index System (CODIS) have successfully matched 20 million pieces of data.

2024~Future

Fingerprint recognition technology will become more and more mature, helping you complete identity verification
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