Biometrics, such as with vein recognition, refers to methods for recognizing individual people based on unique physical and behavioral traits. Physiological biometrics is one class of biometrics that deals with physical characteristics and attributes that are unique to individuals. Vein recognition is a type of biometrics that can be used to identify individuals based on the vein patterns in the human finger.
Vein recognition biometrics is a particularly impressive and promising technology because it requires only a single-chip design, meaning that the units are relatively small and cheap. The ID verification process is very fast and contact-less. Using a light-transmission technique, the structure of the vein pattern can be detected, captured and subsequently verified.
The user’s vein pattern structure is image processed by the device and stored in a relevant data repository in the form of digital data. Many feel that vein recognition biometrics can produce higher accuracy rates than finger print recognition and finger vein patterns are virtually impossible to forge.
Of the many new biometric technologies such as DNA, Iris recognition, ear and body odor recognition, vein recognition, with its own unique characteristics and advantages is now emerging as one of the fastest growing technologies. Vein recognition is the newest type of biometric technology and is quickly moving from labs to widespread commercial development.
-> Military and Civilian Installations
-> Access control in high-risk areas, e.g. Barracks and Courts
-> Access control in residential areas
-> Access control in private and public buildings, e.g. hospitals, museums, airports, harbors, manufacturing plants, pharmaceutical and chemical plants, restricted access R&D departments
-> Visitor Management
-> Security and Surveillance Systems