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Biometrics  - Understanding

A Biometric is the automated means of recognising a living person by either a physiological or behavioural trait, which is unique to an individual and cannot therefore be passed on, or duplicated easily. Some of the more familiar Biometrics are fingerprint, facial recognition, hand geometry and iris recognition. At present fingerprint technology is the most widely used and accepted.  

The use of a biometric device for identity verification does not, in itself, affect your privacy. Most Biometric systems store the template as a mathematical algorithm and not as a readable image. It is virtually impossible to reverse engineer a stored template to produce an image of a user's biometric sample.

What are the advantages of a Biometric System?

A Biometric, unlike a pin or card, cannot be obtained from or given to another person. Biometric systems rely on a user providing a personal biometric sample to gain access. This increases the probability that it is the authorised person entering and removes the possibility of card sharing, "buddy punching" or similar system abuses.

Our Fingerprint - Biometric System

The Fingerprint & Proximity Reader is a fingerprint door entry system that has an inbuilt proximity card reader. Its various operating modes respect individual user preference and give flexibility to the security level required.

For example, while the majority of staff and parents would use fingerprint verification to gain access, a disabled parent/staff who is unable to provide a fingerprint sample may use a proximity card instead. Both fingerprint and card verification can be used together if increased security is required.

  
Features:

• Fingerprint recognition

• Additional in-built proximity reader for greater flexibility eg,a disabled parent/staff who is unable to provide a fingerprint sample may use a proximity card instead

• Quick and easy to add or delete user

• Easy-to-use time and attendance for user management (user registration/deletion, access right control, access time control, etc) and Time & Attendance log.
• Fast verification time of less than 1 second
• Registers up 200-20,000 users depending on product chosen

• Ideal for single door or multiple access points

• Indoor or outdoor installation