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A Biometric Fingerprint Scanner With A Locking Mechanism, Nathaniel Clark

Honors Theses

The purpose of this capstone project was to design, construct, and test a biometric fingerprint locking system to control access to a set of lockers. This system offers a convenient alternative to traditional locks and makes lockers easier to use. Traditional locks require some type of prior knowledge, like remembering the numbers and how to enter them for a combination lock. This can make it difficult and annoying to try and use a simple locker. Three main considerations were kept in mind during the design process to make this system more convenient than traditional locks: user friendliness, accuracy of identification, …