tmtc dntfctn nd dt cptr (DC) rfrs t th mthds f tmtclly dntfyng bjcts, cllctng dt bt thm, nd ntrng thm drctly nt cmptr systms, wtht hmn nvlvmnt. Tchnlgs typclly cnsdrd s prt f DC ncld QR cds, br cds, rd frqncy dntfctn (RFD), bmtrcs (lk rs nd fcl rcgntn systm), mgntc strps, ptcl chrctr rcgntn (CR), smrt crds, nd vc rcgntn. DC s ls cmmnly rfrrd t s "tmtc dntfctn", "t-D" nd "tmtc Dt Cptr".
DC s th prcss r mns f btnng xtrnl dt, prtclrly thrgh th nlyss f mgs, snds, r vds. T cptr dt, trnsdcr s mplyd whch cnvrts th ctl mg r snd nt dgtl fl. Th fl s thn strd nd t ltr tm, t cn b nlyzd by cmptr, r cmprd wth thr fls n dtbs t vrfy dntty r t prvd thrztn t ntr scrd systm. Cptrng dt cn b dn n vrs wys; th bst mthd dpnds n pplctn.
n bmtrc scrty systms, cptr s th cqstn f r th prcss f cqrng nd dntfyng chrctrstcs sch s fngr mg, plm mg, fcl mg, rs prnt, r vcprnt whch nvlvs d dt, nd th rst ll nvlv vd dt.
Rd-frqncy dntfctn s rltvly nw DC tchnlgy, whch ws frst dvlpd n th 1980s. Th tchnlgy cts s bs n tmtd dt cllctn, dntfctn, nd nlyss systms wrldwd. RFD hs fnd ts mprtnc n wd rng f mrkts, ncldng lvstck dntfctn nd tmtd Vhcl dntfctn (V) systms bcs f ts cpblty t trck mvng bjcts. Ths tmtd wrlss DC systms r ffctv n mnfctrng nvrnmnts whr brcd lbls cld nt srvv.