Abstract: System and method for high security biometric access control, according to the invention, enable high security access control to single instance or network resources, using biometric data, smart card technology and public key infrastructure or other symmetric/asymmetric encryption/decryption methodology.

Abstract: A handheld device for reading biometric data and for the verification of travel and personal documents and the identification of persons holding these documents, comprising a full page document scanner with white, infrared and ultraviolet illumination, based on imaging sensors matrix, and contactless card reader with antenna covering the same area, thus enabling simultaneous optical and electronic document reading, the device further comprises a touch sensitive optical display, a fingerprint scanner, a contact card reader and a plurality of wired and wireless communication ports for the communication with a host computer.