Testing report of a fingerprint-based door-opening system

TL;DR

This paper evaluates a low-cost fingerprint-based door-opening system, demonstrating its effectiveness, user capacity, and operational reliability in a laboratory setting, while discussing considerations for comparing such products.

Contribution

It provides an operational evaluation of a fingerprint door system, highlighting its performance, capacity, and practical deployment considerations.

Findings

Supports over 50 users

Average of 74.5 access attempts daily

No special maintenance required

Abstract

This paper describes the operational evaluation of a door-opening system based on a low-cost inkless fingerprint sensor. This system has been developed and installed for access control to one of our laboratories. Experimental results reveal that the system is working fine and no special cleaning requirements neither components replacement is needed. It can support more than 50 users, and an average of 74,5 access attempts per day in a 14-hour 5-day-per-week working. Emphasize is also given on some important facts to be taken into consideration when comparing and evaluating different products from different vendors.