The ABC System is updated to make it easier for citizens to cross borders at airports

The automatic identification and documentary verification system Automatic Border Control System -ABC System-, implemented in the Madrid and Barcelona airports by the Ministry of the Interior and developed by Indra, that identifies the passenger through a double biometric verification, of facial and fingerprint image, has been updated to allow for greater speed and accuracy, reduce the false rejection rate and avoid inconvenience to citizens.

The ABC System for border crossing at airports has been updated to further streamline the process for citizens. More than 450.000 people have used since 2010 el Automatic Border Control System, in operation at the Barajas airports in Madrid and El Prat airports in Barcelona. The technological solution, implemented by the Ministry of the Interior and developed by the technological multinational Indra, identifies the passenger through a double biometric check, of facial and fingerprint image. The new version of the system allows greater speed and precision, reduces the false rejection rate and avoids inconvenience to citizens. Automated control means greater agility, security, comfort, rationality and modernity for travelers and a reduction in costs for the State. Citizens of countries in the Schengen area who enter Spain from outside this area can thus pass police control comfortably and without intervention by agents..

Average passage time 20 seconds

In this update - the second version of the system- New technological features have been added, maintaining the simplicity of the procedure for the passenger. The biometric verification process has also been simplified with the incorporation of several zones of certainty and uncertainty. Thus, The system performs facial verification and, depending on the result, decide if it is necessary to perform biometric fingerprint verification. The average passage time remains at 20 seconds with an improvement in biometric recognition accuracy.

The new version also adds a multimodal biometrics process. The results of individual biometric verifications along with other additional features, such as quality and reliability, merge to offer a single result. This reduces the false rejection rate and avoids inconvenience to the passenger..

Cost reduction

Spain was in 2010 one of the first countries to implement automatic border control systems. Since then, the ABC System has been used in terminals T1 and T4 of Madrid-Barajas and in T1 and T2 of El Prat-Barcelona.. This type of technology allows you to get the most out of the new electronic identity documents and passports, that incorporate cryptological systems. This improves security and precision in passenger identification and achieves, at the same time, save costs. Being an unattended service, allows freeing up human resources for other functions or where greater vigilance is required.

To carry out the verification and identification of the traveler, The ABC system is connected to four large databases: the Passport Inspection System, the DNI-e Authentication System, the Police databases of people and documents and the border crossing registry. Travelers must meet a series of requirements to use this agile and modern system: be an EU citizen, from Iceland, Norway or Switzerland, greater than 18 years and have an electronic passport or DNI-e.

Elements of the Automatic Border System

1. Identification Modules: equipped with documentary verifiers, DNI-e readers, fingerprint readers and cameras.

The traveler carries out the entire identification and verification process with the information support of a touch screen.

2. Access modules: constituted by the doors that represent the physical barrier that determines the effective crossing of the border, once the identification and verification process has been validated.

3. Assisted checkpoint: operated by police, allows permanent monitoring of previous processes and reacts to possible alerts. Guarantee personal attention to travelers who have had problems in these processes and monitor the operation of the system.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll9edwURmxk[/youtube]