What is ISO/IEC 24779-5 — Pictograms, icons, and symbols for biometric systems about?
ISO/IEC 24779-5 is the fifth part of an international multi-series standard that focuses on communication with the data capture subject.
ISO/IEC 24779-5 contains a set of pictograms, icons, and symbols to help the general public understand the concepts and procedures for using electronic systems that collect and/or evaluate facial images. Operators can use ISO/IEC 24779-5, with the possibility of using additional symbols and information. This set of pictograms, icons, and symbols is designed to be used to:
- Identify the type of biometric sensor
- Provide supporting instructions related to the facial image collection
ISO/IEC 24779-5 enables to provide this functionality, by presenting the set of pictograms, icons, and symbols, including both directional as well as action or feedback pictograms, icons, and symbols. The facial image pictograms, icons, and symbols include:
- Facial image capture
- Single person
- No hat
- No sunglasses
- Neutral expression
- Hair up
- View direction
Who is ISO/IEC 24779-5 — Pictograms, icons, and symbols for biometric systems for?
ISO/IEC 24779-5 on Pictograms, icons, and symbols for biometric systems is useful for:
- Policymakers for IT innovation
- Legal experts regarding electronic activities
- IT planners for single windows and secure transactions
- IT service providers related to distributed networking and ledger,
- Trusted system auditors
- Trusted communication concerned parties
- Biometric device manufacturer companies
Why should you use ISO/IEC 24779-5— Pictograms, icons, and symbols for biometric systems?
A major public application of biometric authentication today is likely to be passports, but in the near future, it is probable that biometrics recognition will be used in other public terminals. These terminals will be located in a variety of environments including unsupervised, a terminal supervised by an attendant or only partly supervised.
ISO/IEC 24779-5 provides you with the language-independent symbols, that indicate the modality of biometrics and/or instructions, such as icons, which is particularly important for occasional users. It sets an approach for there to be more than one mode of presentation (e.g., visual, audible, or tactile), by addressing only visual presentation here.
ISO/IEC 24779-5 presents a standard family of pictograms, icons, and symbols, which is necessary since, in the absence of widely used standard pictograms, icons, and symbols, manufacturers may adopt their own proprietary pictograms, icons, and symbols for display on screens. This might likely lead to confusion, and create chaos, so it seems only useful for the users to follow this standard in order to have a clear reference for the pictograms, icons, and symbols for biometric systems.
