EXHIBIT 5

                                 August 30, 2001




Visionics Corporation
5600 Rowland Road
Minnetonka, MN 55343

         RE:      REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (THE "REGISTRATION
                  STATEMENT")

Gentlemen:

         We have acted as counsel for Visionics Corporation, a corporation
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act") of an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of the Company's common
stock, $.01 par value per share (the "common stock"), issuable under the
Visionics Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), and, subject to
adjustment as provided in the Plan, under the registration statement on Form S-8
proposed to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Registration Statement").

         We have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries,
including an examination of originals, or copies certified or otherwise
identified to our satisfaction as being true reproductions of originals, of all
such corporate records of the Company, agreements and other instruments,
certificates of public officials and officers and representatives of the
Company, and such other documents as have deemed necessary as a basis for the
opinions hereafter expressed.

         Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in our examination,
we have assumed without independent verification, that (i) each of the parties
thereto has duly and validly executed and delivered each instrument, document
and agreement to which such party is a signatory, and such party's obligations
set forth therein are its legal, valid, and binding obligations, enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, (ii) each natural person executing any
such instrument, document or agreement is legally competent to do so, and (iii)
all corporate records made available to us by the Company and all public records
reviewed are accurate and complete.

         Based upon the foregoing and having regard to legal considerations that
we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that, when the shares of common stock
have been registered under the Securities Act, and when the Company has received
the consideration to be received for said shares in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan, as applicable, and said shares of common stock have been
issued by the Company, said shares of common stock will be duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.


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         We are qualified to practice law in the State of Minnesota. The
opinions set forth herein are expressly limited to the laws of the State of
Minnesota and the General Corporation Laws of the State of Delaware. We express
no opinion concerning, and we assume no responsibility as to laws or judicial
decisions related to, or any orders, consents, or other authorizations or
approvals as may be required by, any federal law, including any federal
securities law, or any state securities or blue sky laws.

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm therein.

                                        Very truly yours,


                                        /s/ Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP


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