Among all of the biometrics recognition techniques, face recognition is the only one that comply with multimedia infrastructures of PC and intelligence appliance (IA), which makes it possible for Symtron products to integrate with gate securing system integrators, PC Camera and PDA suppliers. The worse price slump in PC camera than in fingerprint recognition device provides face recognition more opportunities to conquer the market.

According to the statistics of International Biometric Group (IBG), market of global biometrics recognition reached 58 million US dollars, and 15% of the market goes to face recognition field. The price slumps of computer peripherals, such as PC camera and fingerprint recognition device have been stimulating biometrics market to grow radically. The market is expected to expand to 590 million US dollars, 10 times bigger than now. Frost & Sullivan also estimated that the market scale would reach 2.6 billion by 2006 only in the US market.

Developed in Taiwan, "FaceOn PC Suite" and "FaceOn Access ControlTM" provide a safer and more convenient solution for computer process and gate security. Symtron Technology is the only supplier in N+I multimedia Exhibition that masters the technology of face recognition and is capable of offering a total hardware and software solution. It shows that the entry barrier of face recognition is higher than other recognition techniques and makes Symtron a big player in biometrics recognition industry.

It is a big year for Symtron. After receiving "Best of Taiwan's Best Awards" in COMDEX FALL, Symtron now is not only incorporated in BioAPI system by I/O Software, but also estimated to become the log in solution provider for next version of Windows. Shin Kong Hospital also adopted Symtron's "FaceOn Access Control," a doorway securing system introduced this May combining the face recognition technology with a magnetic card reader device.

Dr. Alan Yeh, President of Symtron Technology, indicated that face-recognition technology is booming and diversifying due to the wide application of PC camera and its characteristic of "no need to touch users. "Face recognition will become the most technological application in wireless communication security, on-line crime prevention, intelligent surveillance and internet ID management in the coming years," said Yeh, "Symtron will not miss this revolution in security control and management."

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