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| Biometrics
as computer software |
Hsiao
of Aetex estimates that in three years, one in
every 10 computers in the world will have biometric
devices either as a built-in feature or as a computer
peripheral.
Allan Yeh, president of Symtron
Technology Inc. said that as technology matures
and the Internet becomes more popular, a facial
recognition device would become a standard multimedia
feature for computers. Symtron collaborated
with the French company Bull Computer, to develop
a facial recognition software last June.
Yeh believes that facial recognition
will be more popular than fingerprint recognition
simply because CMOS cameras are inexpensive
to buy and easy to install, while fingerprint
scanners can be costly.
The FaceOn Smartcard claims to
be the first in the world to have the user's
facial image stored as digital data in IC chips.
The facial image is designed to replace the
conventional personal identification number
(PIN). Users can record their data during transactions
thus unauthorized transactions can be traced.
Biometrics can be used in law
enforcement, government agencies, attendance checks,
electronic transactions and database security.
Yeh said that with the growing presence of the
Internet, the demand for higher security for online
financial transactions has helped to raise the
profile of biometric-based identification processors.
Furthermore, the company has plans to integrate
biometrics technology into mobile communication
services.
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