Identity Imaging
By Ruud ten Hoorn,
Manager
In the second century B.C., Chinese rulers used their thumbprints to seal important documents, the first time in history that fingerprints were used for positive personal identification. Since then, finger image recognition has broadened to a much greater scale and is the principal method used for undeniable, unchangeable evidence of a person’s identity.

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Biometric Identity Solutions
By Helén Jansson,
International Marketing
Commercial acceptance of biometric technology has waited patiently on a number of developments. The shaky performance of the early biometric technologies has been replaced by proven, reliable product; and to complement this the understanding of biometric users is now better informed and more effective in the design of secure applications. The last significant development by the industry has been to meet the pricing expectations of an eager user market.

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Fingerprint Cards and Comex Electronics AB extend licence agreement to new markets and products
By Helén Jansson,
International Marketing
Fingerprint Cards’ customer Comex Electronics AB, Stockholm, has widened its original licence to include new markets and products. While the companies’ original agreement concerned only Comex products with high-level security certification for delivery to the Swedish Department of Defence (FMV) the newly signed, non-exclusive licence agreement now includes defence authorities in other countries. The agreement also includes a non-military version of the integrated biometric system tested and certified for the Swedish authorities.

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Fingerprint Cards and Motorola Semiconductor sign Collaboration agreement
By Helén Jansson,
International Marketing
Fingerprint Cards AB and Motorola, Inc´s Semiconductor Products Sector (SPCS) have signed an agreement to collaborate on marketing Fingerprint Cards´ biometric technology on a Motorola processor platform. Fingerprint Cards has ported its patented DAD (Distinct Area Detection) algorithm for matching of finger patterns to Motorola’s Dragon Ball ™ MX1 microprocessor. This processor, which is found in more than 75% of all the world’s personal digital assistants (PDA's), is targeted for 2.5G and 3G mobile products, smart phones and advanced information appliances. The solution will be demonstrated by Motorola Semiconductor in Cannes at the 3GSM telecom exhibition in February 18-21.

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Fingerprint Cards’ Portable, Power-Efficient Embedded Biometric Solutions Now Available for TI DSPs
By Helén Jansson,
International Marketing
Fingerprint Cards joins TI’s Third Party Network. Fingerprint Cards AB (FING B), based in Gothenburg, Sweden, today announced that it is joining the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) digital signal processing (DSP) third party network. This chip-based system will bring a simple and cost-effective user authentication solution to the global network of developers who want to include security capabilities in their portable electronic communications devices.

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TI Delivers Flexible, Low-Cost Fingerprint Authentication Development Tool
By Helén Jansson,
International Marketing
Please visit www.ti.com/fadtpr for more information

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Fingerprint Cards first complete swipe development kit for fingerprint verification; FPC6430
By Helén Jansson,
International Marketing
Fingerprint Cards presents a capacitive swipe sensor (FPC1030) that, unlike alternative small square sensors, can scan the entire fingerprint pattern. With measurements of only 3 mm x 11 mm this is the smallest and lowest cost fingerprint sensor. It also meets the requirements for 15 kV repeated air discharges (ESD). Manufacturers can integrate swipe sensor FPC1030 or complete fingerprint verification system into high-volume devices such as PC peripherals, portable PCs and mobile phones – a development kit, FPC6430, is available now.

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