RASTR System for Preparing Examination Reports, Illustrations and Charts

On offer: RASTR-5

Advanced tools for automation of trace, fingerprint and other types of examinations

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

OPTIMAL APPLICATION AND FUNCTIONS

Automation of forensic examinations of different types:

  • capture and processing of any graphic images
  • comparative examinations of images
  • enhancement of latent print images (of poor quality, contaminated or overlapping) before entering them into the PAPILLON AFIS database
  • preparation and printing of examination reports and charts

The RASTR system is recommended for use at criminal investigation departments of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, as an advanced  instrumental and analytical base for trace, fingerprint and other types of forensic examinations (“Resolution of the Criminal Expertize Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs” dated December 08, 2004).

Functions:

Creation of specialized, protected databases for storing images, documents, expert reports in electronic form

A variety of sources supported for image acquisition

Non-destructive transformations of digital images in order to enhance and make undistinguishable details identifiable:

 

Image examinations, including comparative study, with mandatory saving of the original image and the history of its modification:

 

Creation of reports on examination results using original and processed images, and printing of examination worksheets:

 

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PRODUCT INTERACTION

RASTR works with images that can be acquired with classic tools (digital camera, flatbed scanner, webcam), as well as with images acquired with specialized PAPILLON products:

  • ExpertLab – Universal system for image capture and reproduction
  • FOSKO – Evidential photography mobile kit
  • FoBox – Shoeprint and tire marks photography kit

Enhanced images can be printed or saved to graphic format files for further use in specialized systems:

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CHARACTERISTICS

Data composition

  • Images
  • Tracking (image modification history)
  • Text information

Data sources

  • Files of graphic formats (BMP, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PCX, TGA, PNG, RAW)
  • Files in WSQ format (compressed with WSQ method)
  • Fingerprint image files in the PAPILLON AFIS format
  • Images captured with USB video and photo cameras (over 100 models of Canon cameras are supported)
  • Video input devices operated by standard DirectX drivers
  • Flatbed scanners and other TWAIN devices
  • Video files supported by the standard Windows Media Player
  • Operating system clipboard

Export formats

Resultant images processed with the RASTR tools can be:

  • exported to BMP, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, WSQ files
  • copied to the clipboard for use in graphical and text editors
  • used to create illustrations and charts in RASTR
  • printed on a high resolution printer

Operating system

  • Windows 7, 8, 10

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COMPONENTS, DATABASE AND LICENSING

Components and database

  • Operator workstation (OW) – Desktop application (thick client)
  • Database on MSj DBMS – can be stored on the server

Subject to licensing:

  • Operator workstation (OW)

 

The program can be supplied as part of the hardware/software complex:

  • personal computer
  • digital camera
  • flatbed scanner (optical resolution – not less than 1200 dpi)
  • laser printer (print resolution – not less than 600 dpi)
  • RASTR software
  • Windows OS

At the customer’s request, the complex can be supplemented with the following equipment:

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KEY BENEFITS

 

  • FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) filters for separation of overlapping latent prints
  • Detection of counterfeit money, documents, seals – CMYK channel separation tools detect “yellow” marks left by color laser printers
  • Scale adjustment tools – the Comparator tool allows quick rescaling of compared images
  • Non-destructive image transformations and tracking – the history of all transformations is saved with the ability to undoany action performed and return the original image
  • Automated drawing-up of examination reports – ready charted images for presenting at the court
  • Database protected from unauthorized access, confidentiality of processed information, keeping of the histories of image processing

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