NEC Corp. has developed the industry's first contactless-type biometric authentication system that reads both fingerprints and finger veins.
When the hand is held in front of the reader, a camera captures fingerprint and finger vein images to compare with a database of registered individuals. By simultaneously checking two biometric markers, people can be authenticated with nearly 100% accuracy. The system operates connected to a PC and features robust access restrictions.
NEC plans to market the system to financial institutions and public organizations in Japan, North America and Asia.
For domestic marketing it will collaborate with the U.S. software company Novell Inc. The two partners are forming a team of 20 salespeople for the task.
The system will retail for around 25,000 yen to 30,000 yen and NEC hopes to sell 400,000 units in three years.
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