EXHIBIT 23.1



                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Digital Biometrics, Inc.:

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Numbers 33-41510, 33-63984, 33-90900, 333-38562, 333-34725, 333-43791,
333-59067, 333-72031 and 333-77379) on Forms S-3 and S-8 of Digital Biometrics,
Inc., of our reports dated November 21, 2000 relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of Digital Biometrics, Inc. and subsidiary, as of September 30,
2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows and the
related consolidated financial statement schedule for each of the years in the
three-year period ended September 30, 2000, which reports appear in the
September 30, 2000, Annual Report on Form 10-K of Digital Biometrics, Inc., and
to the reference to our firm under the heading "Selected Financial Data" in the
Company's September 30, 2000, Annual Report on Form 10-K which is incorporated
by reference in the registration statements.




                                            KPMG LLP


Minneapolis, Minnesota
December 6, 2000