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| Biometrics refers to the automatic identification of a person based on his/her physiological or behavioral characteristics. This method of identification is preferred over traditional methods involving passwords and PIN numbers for various reasons: (i) the person to be identified is required to be physically present at the point-of-identification; (ii) identification based on biometric techniques obviates the need to remember a password or carry a token. With the increased use of computers as vehicles of information technology, it is necessary to restrict access to sensitive/personal data. By replacing PINs, biometric techniques can potentially prevent unauthorized access to or fraudulent use of ATMs, cellular phones, smart cards, desktop PCs, workstations, and computer networks. PINs and passwords may be forgotten, and token based methods of identification like passports and driver's licenses may be forged, stolen, or lost. Thus biometric based systems of identification are receiving considerable interest. Various types of biometric systems are being used for real-time identification, the most popular are based on face, iris and fingerprint matching. However, there are other biometric systems that utilize retinal scan, speech, signatures and hand geometry. |
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| e-con Systems has been working on the finger print authentication system for many of its customers. Infact, e-con systems can help the customers in the following areas |
- Find the correct finger print processor/sensor for the customer's application.
- e-con systems has developed the finger print management stack that can support networking of 50 such terminals simultaneously. This is a typical scenario in large buildings where there are lot of entry and exit points and everything needs to get recorded. The stack is independent of the finger print processor and sensor.
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