Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATED BIOMETRICS SYSTEMS FOR STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT OF WEAPONS AND WEAPONS SAFETY

Authors:
Uman Sukmada, Romie Oktovianus Bura, R. DJoko Andreas Navalino, and Ekanesti Ruswidia Sari

Abstract:
The safe storage of weapons is crucial for the security of both civilians and security personnel. Storage security is especially precarious in areas suffering from weak governance. This research tries to enhance some aspects of storage security by relatively low-cost improvements in monitoring and the physical security of weapons by designing smart weapon storage system. Physical security measures are provided by the physical storage enclosure itself. Access to open the enclosure are strictly controlled by means of biometric access, specifically iris scan of authorized personnels. This type of biometric access control was chosen to add convenience and responsiveness of authorized personnel to retrieve weapons while maintaining security. To address inventory management and accounting control of weapons, proximity sensors are used to detect whether the weapons can be found inside a controlled environment, that is inside the designed storage enclosure. Specific software was then designed to manage combined use of those sensors and database of authorized personnels.

Keywords:
weapons; weapons storage management; access control; biometric; iris scan; proximity sensor

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2022.5310