CHARLOTTE, NC – The nation’s first system to track sex offenders using Iris Biometric Recognition Technology will be implemented by the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office in Charlotte, NC.

The web-based Sex Offender Registry & Identification System (SORIS) registers and positively identifies convicted sex offenders using the most mathematically unique biometric – the iris.

Iris recognition biometric technology determines the identity of an individual by capturing a high-resolution digital photograph of the individual’s iris. The unique features contained in the iris are compared against a database and the identity of the person determined.

SORIS was developed by Massachusetts-based and privately held BI2 Technologies. BI2′s technology is also used throughout the maritime, cruise and port industries – for example, to determine who boards and leaves a cruise ship, the time they leave and when they return.

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