The present invention relates to a device and methods for the acquisition and
processing of touchless fingerprints of one or more fingers, which can be used for biometric (1:N) identification and / or (1:1)
verification of users in applications related to the field of security systems and
access control in offices, large corporate buildings, industry, hospitals, universities, luxury residential environments, etc. The device houses all the
system components inside a compact compartment of reduced dimensions and bestows both a highly-innovative
mechanics and an ergonomic design, which is underpinned by a open-capture area that lacks covers, visors, or supporting parts to place the hand or fingers in the tridimensional space. The fingers are captured "in the air" (without contact with the device) in a rapid, hygienic, simple and intuitive way, while the user is guided where to properly locate the hand (fingers) during the capture process through an acoustic-luminous
signaling system. The device comprises at least an external mechanical
enclosure and
electronic modules for the illumination, image capturing,
object detection, acoustic-luminous signaling, image and
data processing, and control. In addition to biometric
fingerprint recognition (of one or more fingers), the device allows the capture of other digital access credentials (multi-credential approach), such as RFID proximity cards and smartphones (mobile credential).