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MorphoSmart <strong>Overview</strong><br />

4.1 Scheme<br />

4-12<br />

SAGEM Défense Sécurité<br />

4 MorphoSmart TM Architecture overview<br />

The following figure describes the MorphoSmart software architecture:<br />

ILV Interface<br />

Database Module<br />

Manager<br />

File System<br />

4.2 File system<br />

Biometric<br />

algorithms<br />

SPILV Image<br />

Com<br />

Figure 3: General MorphoSmart Architecture<br />

Sensor<br />

SmartCard<br />

Interface<br />

The MorphoSmart TM incorporates a specifically designed file system. This file system resides in flash<br />

memory. The file system implements the following characteristics:<br />

− File creation / deletion,<br />

− File writing / reading,<br />

− File search,<br />

− Flash garbage collector: file system is resident in flash. When a file is deleted, the available<br />

space is not instantaneously retrieved in order to optimize time execution (note: sensitive files<br />

are physically erased). In the case the whole flash is fragmented, it would take about 10<br />

seconds (depending on flash fragmentation) to process a whole garbage collector operation.<br />

To avoid such a long waiting time, MorphoSmart TM implements an automatic garbage policy:<br />

when 90% of the “free” space can be retrieved, part of the garbage collector is performed (

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