Manufacturing Industry
Fujitsu unveils palm vein pattern recognition technology. (Electronics).
New Materials Japan, October, 2002
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd has developed a biometric authentication technology that can verify a person's identity by recognizing the pattern of blood veins in his or her palm.
The company also developed a computer mouse incorporating this authentication technology, which will be applied for safeguarding important information through log-in verification for access to sales, technical or personal data.
The authentication process works thus:
* the palm is first illuminated by an infrared light;
* the vein just beneath the skin of the palm then emits a black reflection, providing a picture of the veins in the palm, from which a pattern is extracted;
* the person's identity is confirmed if this extracted pattern matches with the...
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