Lumidigm Multispectral Technology Extended to Whole Hand
Quick and Complete Capture of Multiple Whole Hand Characteristics Now
Possible with a Single Sensor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) September 17, 2008 --
Lumidigm, Inc., the award-winning fingerprint
biometrics company, has applied its multispectral technology to the
capture of multiple characteristics of the hand. The ability to image
concave areas that are not naturally in contact with the platen is a
clear advantage that multispectral technology brings to the challenge of
whole hand biometrics. Because the Lumidigm
technology is a direct imaging process, all areas of the hand are
imaged, easily and quickly, with no special preparation or configuration
of the hand. This characteristic permits the operator to easily and
quickly capture all of the available biometric data.
A further advantage of Lumidigm’s whole hand
technology is that it is capable of capturing the thumbprint, four
fingerprints and a palmprint all with a single placement of the user’s
hand on a single sensor. These prints may then be compared to data
contained in a variety of standard biometric databases for a wide range
of military and forensic applications. The same multispectral technology
can also be implemented as a physical access device that can perform
multibiometric matching to provide an extremely high level of accuracy
and performance, enabling true single-factor 1:N security applications.
“Our robust multispectral imaging technology
is a natural fit for whole hand biometrics,”
says Rob
Rowe, chief technology officer and co-founder of Lumidigm. Lumidigm’s
initial whole hand R&D efforts were performed in collaboration with
Biometrics Laboratory, Michigan State University, in response to the
U.S. Army’s call for multimodal biometrics
systems under the SBIR program. “The ability
of our technology to perform under conditions where other technologies
fail is precisely what makes a multispectral whole hand sensor of
significant interest to the Army,” said Rowe.
Lumidigm will be demonstrating its multispectral and multimodal whole
hand technology at the Biometrics
Consortium Conference and Technology Expo in Tampa, Florida, from
September 23-25, 2008. A portable form factor is planned for deployment
in the field by government and commercial partners and could be
available in early 2010.
About Lumidigm
Lumidigm, Inc. deploys biometric systems that work quickly and
effectively on all people in all environmental conditions. Headquartered
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Lumidigm sensors are distributed worldwide.
Lumidigm’s initial venture capital investors
are DFJ New England, Epic Ventures, and International Venture Fund.
Other investors include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Intel Capital, Methode
Electronics, Motorola Ventures, New Mexico Co-Investment Partners
managed by Fort Washington Capital, Solstice Capital, and Sun Mountain
Capital.
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