“We have been developing vascular-recognition systems for eight years,” said Alex Choi, president of manufacturer TechSphere. “The first five years involved development of the technology; the products were commercialised only three years ago. According to Fuji Economy Lab, over the past three years, vascular-recognition has risen from nothing to eight per cent of total biometric sales in Japan.
“Most companies are already quite familiar with fingerprint-recognition systems, but not vascular. We believe that since the technology is much better than other biometric systems, the market will quickly learn the advantages of using vascular-recognition systems.”
Another firm, Nextern Co Ltd, has seen strong sales following the launch of its new Handio vein-recognition system.
Director Paul Lee said. “We are now marketing the product throughout Asia, particularly, Japan, China and Korea and also the US.”
Vein-recognition products can be used in door locks and special markets, such as military and research institutes, for access control, as well as in Internet-data centres.
