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Integrated Biometrics creates FBI certified reader

Monday, October 17, 2011

Integrated Biometrics has announced its fingerprint sensor, called Watson, has been named the first non-optical scanner to receive FBI IAFIS Appendix F Certification.

In addition to being the first-non optical sensor to receive the certification, Watson is also the lightest, weighing in at less than a quarter pound, and can utilize single or multiple finger applications.


The technology the Watson uses to replace the more common optical sensors is LES technology wherein a polymer reads the prints and cam make sure the sample come from a live finger and works well with dirty fingers.

Integrated Biometrics designed the Watson with military, law enforcement and border patrol applications in mind as its small footprint and light design in addition to its rugged build, ability to operate without a need for scan surface cleaning between scans make it a suitable solution for needs of biometric data collection or identity authentication for field operations. [end] 

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced that austriamicrosystems has joined as a full member.

Since joining the OSPT Alliance, austriamicrosystems will have access to the CIPURSE open standard specification, leveraging its experience into embedded systems for mobile fare collection applications. The open standard promotes vendor neutrality and cross-vendor system interoperability with reduced technology adoption risks, higher quality and improved market responsiveness.

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Sensor supplier Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) has extended its partnership with Chinese biometrics provider Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD to deliver biometrics products to the Chinese banking sector.

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The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) has awarded a 10-year contract to 3M Cogent to provide high-resolution LiveScan booking systems and biometric identification products, using tenprint and palm print scans in accordance with the HKPF’s ANSI/NIST standard.

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British journal Benchmark Magazine, a monthly publication about security technology, found after testing a variety of fingerprint readers, that those using multispectral imaging provide more consistent readings than those relying on optical scans only.

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