ANSI 381

File Format
Name	ANSI 381
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics ANSI 381
Extension(s)	.firpiv
Released	2004

ANSI 381, AKA INCITS 381, is a raster graphics format for storing images of fingerprints. It is produced by the American National Standards Institute, and the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards, giving its name. It apparently just consists of a header and uncompressed greyscale image data.

Specifications

• Official specification (Paid)

Software

• BiomDI
• fingerprint-ruby (Ruby library that actually parses formats with C)

Sample Files

• [1] and [2]: NIST samples, from [3] (in a tar/gzip archive)

Links

• Windows Biometric Framework and images in ANSI-INCITS 381 interchange format... (Contains a short description of the format)
• What is fingerprint template format?
• INCITS page
• Overview ofANSI INCITS Fingerprint Standards on Data Interchange Format
• INCITS Announces the Approval of Five Biometric Data Interchange Format Standards

See Also

• ANSI 378
• ISO 19794-2
• WSQ