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Tolerance

The allowable range of deviation from the class resolution, symmetric around the classresolution value. For PIV single fingerprint scanners with the class resolution of 500 ppi,the tolerance is 2%. For all scanners other than PIV, the tolerance is 1%.

Committee

Interdisciplinary

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update:2015 Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information. ANSI/National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2011. Source link