Biometric Identity Solutions
By Helén Jansson,
International Marketing
Commercial acceptance of biometric technology has waited patiently on a number of developments.

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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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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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DIGIMARC® CENTRIAN™ FIND-A-FACE™ TECHNOLOGY
By Nigel Ward,
Director of Sales, Channels & Systems; Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia
IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND SPEED OF ID PICTURE CAPTURE

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DIGIMARC® CENTRIAN™ FACIAL IMAGE INVESTIGATION TOOLS
By Nigel Ward,
Director of Sales, Channels & Systems; Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia
AN INVESTIGATIVE SOLUTION FOR FACIAL IMAGE MANAGEMENT OFFERED AS PART OF DIGIMARC’S SECURE IDENTIFICATION SOLUTIONS

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EXIAN™ DUAL POLYCARBONATE IDENTIFICATION AND SECURITY CARD STOCK
By Nigel Ward,
Director of Sales, Channels & Systems; Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia
Digimarc Exian Dual polycarbonate ID card stock incorporates the best of all available materials and provides an impressive array of personalisation and security feature options. It is the best of its kind on the market today.

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SECURING ID DOCUMENTS WITH DIGIMARC® IDMARC™
By Nigel Ward,
Director of Sales, Channels & Systems; Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia
The primary function of an ID card is to identify and protect an individual’s identity from fraudulent use and theft. Fast, accurate and positive personal identity is at the centre of today’s security conscious society. It’s successful implementation is crucial to public care and safety, from commercial and public transportation, travel, public health and social welfare to fair and democratic elections.

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DIGIMARC® IDMARC™ INSPECTOR SERIES: CLOSING A CRUCIAL GAP IN IDENTITY DOCUMENT AUTHENTICATION
By Nigel Ward,
Director of Sales, Channels & Systems; Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia
The battle against the growing global crimes of identity theft and fraud requires powerful tools to ensure positive identity verification. With hundreds of different and valid ID designs and document types being presented at airports, border crossings, retail stores, banks and secure facilities, machine-assisted authentication has become a required first step in the process to reliably determine the authenticity of an ID. The Digimarc IDMarc Inspector Series enables this crucial first step by enabling law enforcement, document issuers and other authorized inspection personnel to positively authenticate identity documents secured with IDMarc security features.

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DIGIMARC® IDMARC™ EMBEDDER TOOLKIT: CLOSING A CRUCIAL GAP IN IDENTITY DOCUMENT SECURITY
By Nigel Ward,
Director of Sales, Channels & Systems; Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia
Identity theft and fraud are not just the crime wave of the future anymore. They’re serious issues that are causing security risks and global financial loss today. Global identity fraud costs businesses and consumers an estimated 25 billion Euros annually*. Over the last five years, stolen identities and related crimes contributed to $5 billion in financial losses to consumers and $47.6 billion in losses to businesses and financial institutions in the U.S. alone. And with 10 million falsified identification documents being confiscated each year in the U.S., it’s clear that the digital counterfeiting of documents using low-cost, easy-to-use tools is a growing issue as well.**

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THE NEW DIGIMARC® CENTRIAN™ ID WORKSTATION:ROBUST ID WORKSTATIONS FOR HIGH-VOLUME ENVIRONMENTS
By Nigel Ward,
Director of Sales, Channels & Systems; Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia
When ease-of-use, speed, quality and durability matter, Digimarc’s Centrian ID Workstations meet the needs of high-volume drivers licence, voter ID and national ID card production for secure identification documents.

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Synel Biometric Technology
By Synel Industries,

What is Biometrics Technology?

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Your Finger is the Key
By Interflex Datensysteme GmbH & Co. KG,

Interflex introduces its new award-winning biometric data acquisition terminal with fingerprint sensor at the CeBIT 2005

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