Biometrics companies welcome opportunities as fingerprint access control systems gain popularity

    The 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will be held. According to reports, a variety of biometric authentication technologies will appear at the show. Among them, voice authentication, iris scanning and fingerprint recognition technologies will appear in more consumer electronic products. In general, the application of biometric technology is becoming more mature, and its technical applications are being adopted more and more, changing your and my lifestyle.

Facial analysis in video surveillance will become popular

    Precisely because of the need to protect personal privacy and information security, biometrics has been increasingly widely used in the fields of personal information identification, security, etc. Video surveillance will integrate biometrics technology and behavior monitoring technology, creating a new biometric monitoring and behavior detection market with a market size of billions of dollars. According to industry insiders, in civilian security systems, face recognition and fingerprint recognition are mostly used. In the past two years, with the in-depth development of domestic safe city and smart city projects, high-definition urban monitoring has become more popular, and the number of cameras, especially high-definition cameras, has increased sharply, which has greatly reduced the obstacles to face recognition in data collection; even some regions have gradually listed face recognition as a mandatory standard in the use process.

    When video surveillance is equipped with biometrics and behavior detection, it will bring a new round of business growth to video surveillance, biometrics and IT system manufacturers, security system integrators and enterprises. This new market (including system sales, upgrades and original parts warranty) will have a market pie of US$3.2 billion in 2016, with a compound growth rate of 33%.

3D fingerprint access control system is popular

    Fingerprint access control has also been developed on a large scale in recent years. It is not only used in traditional financial, residential and other units, but is also gradually spreading to more non-traditional units such as campuses and factories.

    From the perspective of user needs, fingerprint access control systems have a good prospect. A new round of competition has begun between different manufacturers. The development of fingerprint access control reflects the maturity of fingerprint recognition technology. As security becomes the primary consideration for users, traditional optical fingerprint recognition technology may not be able to meet users' requirements for access control system security. Optical recognition technology uses the epidermis of the finger as the scanning object. When the finger is abnormal or facing artificial fingerprints, it is difficult to have an accurate and reliable recognition response. Some new fingerprint recognition technologies and products have emerged and begun to emerge.

    Therefore, 3D access control fingerprint access control is born. The biggest advantage of 3D access control fingerprint device is that the user's fingerprint cannot be copied, and outsiders cannot use artificial fingerprints to impersonate the user to use the access control system, thus ensuring the security of the system. For users who pay attention to access control security and privacy, it may be a more ideal choice.

Biometrics in building intercom

    The development of the building intercom industry has entered an era of rapid technological development. Whether it is a safe city, a smart city or a healthy city, building intercom terminals are an important carrier of urban informatization construction in addition to televisions, computers and mobile phones. Each company relies on its own industry advantages to integrate various capabilities into the terminal, and Wendatong has accumulated nearly 10 years of experience in the field of biometrics. Therefore, relying on the powerful advantages of biometrics, Wendatong proposed a building intercom based on biometrics, replacing traditional technologies such as passwords and cards, fully ensuring the safety of community residents; at the same time, people who post advertisements randomly can no longer enter the community and corridors at will, providing effective protection for the quietness and comfort of the community, and ensuring the privacy and security of the high-end villa area.

    At present, due to the high requirements of raw materials and R&D capabilities, this building intercom product based on palm vein technology is mainly aimed at the high-end market, such as high-end villas, chain institutions, chain coffee shops, chain hotels and chain high-end clubs. However, it is believed that as the technology continues to mature, the product can transition to the mid-end market and make it popular. At the same time, in order to cooperate with the development of smart cities and safe cities, Wendatong will also promote the product to various communities.

Advanced Biometrics in Healthcare Systems

    In the UK, a scientist has been experimenting with new biometric technology. Through fingerprint scanning, it detects whether there are active capillaries and automatically determines it through filtering technology. This technology helps to determine whether the fingerprint scan is a live identification or a fake fingerprint. In this way, it can be determined whether the suspect is fake or framing someone else.

    In addition, the live fingerprint biometric data card can store a person's complete medical information. The data card is the same size as a standard card, but can store gigabytes of medical information, such as patient CT and MRI images. If a card is recalled, the owner only needs to provide a fingerprint information, and the original data will be automatically copied to the new card, and the data will still be valid. This advanced biometric technology seems too far away for current life applications, but perhaps one day in the future, when this biometric technology becomes popular, fingerprint information will be your most valuable resource.

Subway security system can automatically lock suspects

    The Zhengzhou Metro Line 1, the capital of Henan Province, is about to open. In order to ensure the safety of the subway station and its operation, the provincial police intervened in advance and set up a subway police station. The public security, criminal investigation, traffic police and other police types have also introduced a number of measures around subway security to ensure subway safety. Among them, multiple sets of high-definition cameras are installed above the subway entrance. "These cameras are not ordinary cameras, they are portrait recognition systems." The police introduced to Huang Baowei and his party that there are 400 such high-definition cameras installed in Metro Line 1, which monitor the entrances and exits of the station every day and automatically capture the facial features of passers-by. "If you encounter a wanted suspect, the portrait recognition system will automatically identify and alarm, and the security personnel on duty will control him as soon as possible."

    In front of a computer screen, the police officer introduced that the facial recognition system is controlled here, and the facial features of all people entering and leaving the station are mastered here, truly realizing the "standing guard with a camera and patrolling with a mouse."

Outlook: Opportunities for biometric companies

    The most eye-catching part of the newly launched iPhone 5s, besides the gold color, is the new Home button. Although it is not the first time that Apple has introduced biometric identification on smart terminals, it has undoubtedly promoted the acceptance of biometric identification technology by users worldwide. Zhao Bo, president of the China Electronics Technology Standardization Institute, said at the Biometric Identification Sub-Technical Committee of the National Information Technology Standardization Technical Committee held on December 6 that it is urgent to lead the development of the industry with standards and enhance the competitiveness of my country's biometric identification companies and the entire industry.