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, which change during childhood, the palm vein pattern is established in the womb and is constant throughout a person’s life.
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.
TDSi claims a false rejection rate of 0.01 per cent and a false acceptance rate of 0.00008 per cent. An advantage of the PalmGarde is its contact-free nature, which offers a hygienic, user-friendly solution especially suitable for healthcare applications. Users only need to place their palm over the reader, which 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 can be used in a single door application.
