TDSi has launched PalmGarde, one of the first physical access control products to incorporate Fujitsu’s PalmSecure sensor.
Palm vein recognition technology was developed to help combat the increasing incidence of financial fraud and forgery, plaguing many financial institutions in Japan. Unlike fingerprints, though, which change during childhood, the palm vein pattern is established in the womb and is constant throughout a given person’s lifespan.
Working on near-infrared light, PalmGarde reads and processes the palm vein pattern which, as it lies underneath the epidermis, can’t be distorted by damage to the skin, age or the wearing of gloves, for example.
TDSi claims a false rejection rate of 0.01% and a false acceptance rate of 0.00008%. An advantage of the PalmGarde is its contact-free nature, which offers a hygienic, user-friendly solution particularly suitable for healthcare applications. End users only need to place their palm over the reader, which then scans it and attempts to match it against the template database.
PalmGarde has an external reader input, so it can be added to an existing access control system without the need to replace equipment (or, alternatively, it can be used in a single door application).
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