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Improving the Quality of Forensic Evidence

DCS®4

DCS4 - Fingerprint enhancement and examination

A dedicated workstation for the recording and enhancement of latent fingerprints
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Description

The DCS 4 is a dedicated workstation for processing latent fingerprints offering the complete solution to their examination from capture to enhancement to courtroom presentation as evidence.

Key to the effectiveness of the DCS 4 is the simple way in which enhancement software is made available to the operator, allowing complex operations to be applied in just a few clicks of the PC mouse.

DCS 4 features include:

  • Image capture using a high resolution digital camera
  • Photo Wizards - guidance on photography of processed latent prints
  • Software toolboxes - a guide to effective image enhancement
  • Image validation - authentication of original image
  • Audit trail - logs details of image processing from capture to printout

 

DCS 4 also has an interface to IDENT1, the UK's National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS).

Accessories

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Crime-lite 8x4

The high intensity LED ring light, Crime-lite 8x4, provides narrow band illumination for fluorescence photography plus white light and includes slot-in camera filters, a polarising filter set and bellows for light screening.

Fitted with 32 high intensity LED arrays, configured as a ring light providing even illumination for forensic photography. Features an integral control unit for activating lamps individually or in combination, LED arrays configured as follows;

LED ARRAYS CONFIGURED AS FOLLOWS;

  • White emitting LED x 4, bandwidth of 400-700nm, 10 intensity levels, colour
  • Violet emitting LED x 4, peak at 405nm, 10% bandwidth of 390- 430nm
  • Blue emitting LED x 4, peak at 445nm, 10% intensity bandwidth of 430-470nm
  • Blue emitting LED x 4, peak at 470nm, 10% intensity bandwidth of 450-490nm
  • Blue/green emitting LED x 4, peak at 500nm, 10% intensity bandwidth of 470-535nm
  • Green emitting LED x 4, peak at 535nm, 10% intensity bandwidth of 500-560nm
  • Orange emitting LED x 4, peak at 590nm, 10% intensity bandwidth of 580-620nm
  • Red emitting LED x 4, peak at 625nm, 10% intensity bandwidth of 600-650nm

     

THE KIT IS ALSO SUPPLIED WITH;
  • Bellows, to provide safety shielding.
  • Power adaptor, 90-240vAC input, 24vDC output.
Complete set of nine long-pass glass filters and a polarising filter suitable for the visual inspection or photography of fluorescent evidence. 70mm diameters, slide mount into Crime-lite8x4. Includes a storage case with a capacity for 12 filters.

Set comprises:

  • Pale yellow, 455nm 1% transmission at 435nm
  • Yellow, 495nm 1% transmission at 476nm
  • Deep Yellow, 515nm 1% transmission at 495nm
  • Yellow Orange, 530nm 1% transmission at 510nm
  • Orange, 550nm 1% transmission at 529nm
  • Orange Red, 570nm 1% transmission at 549nm
  • Bright Red, 590nm 1% transmission at 571nm
  • Red, 610nm 1% transmission at 593nm
  • Deep Red, 630nm 1% transmission at 613nm
  • Polarising filter, 110mm diameter adjustable polariser with 70mm analyser
  • 12.1 million effective pixels.
  • Shutter speed 1/8000s to 30s.
  • ISO equivalent sensitivity 200 - 640.
  • Hi-Speed USB connection.
  • 2GB CompactFlash (CF) card.
  • Li-ion battery and charger, AC power adaptor EH-5a.
  • Adjustable mount to hold Crime-lite8x4 ring light and Nikon D700 camera.
  • Transmitted light base, 430 x 350mm, fitted with four 13W daylight, high frequency fluorescent lamps for even illumination.
  • 150W halogen light source with dimmer control.
  • Twin arm 450 mm (18") gooseneck fibre optic light guides with focussing lenses,
  • Green, red, yellow, cyan and daylight dichroic and polarising filters.
  • Ring Light with polarising attachment.
  • Back Light.
  • Camera filters - polarising and super HMC UV filters.
  • Small adjustable arm with clamp and base.
  • Large adjustable arm with 2 clamps.
Provides radial oblique light for 3D indented fingerprint marks, e.g. in dust or putty.
For oblique lighting. Length: 305mm (12") Includes cylindrical lens attachments
  • Software interface module that integrates all the major DCS™4 functions from fingerprint image capture, validation and enhancement through to printing at 1:1.
  • Control of the Nikon D700 camera for image capture via USB 2 connection.
  • Also compatible with Nikon D2Xs and Fuji S2 Pro cameras.
  • Automatic image authentication using Veridata iDem and opening of image for enhancement in Image-Pro Plus.
  • Dedicated toolboxes to simplify the enhancement of fingerprint imagesspecific to different types of fingerprint treatments and/or backgrounds.
  • Output to local printers, AFIS and Mini-lab.
  • Pre-calibrated print buttons for 1:1 image printing at 6 specific focus settings.
  • Options to print enlargements and non standard image sizes.

Applications

Click to view examples of the fingerprint enhancement applications listed below:

Specular Illumination

DCS: Banknote Example 1

DCS: Banknote example 2

DCS: Superglue treated example

DCS: Text Enhancement & Removal

DCS: Pattern Removal

 

 

 

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