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Homeland Security

Sagem, Hitachi Introduce Multimodal Fingerprint, Finger Vein Device

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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

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Sagem Securite and Hitachi have unveiled the first multimodal biometric device that incorporates fingerprint and finger vein imaging. FINGER VP can be used for one-to- one and one-to-many matching. The devices uses Sagem's fingerprint identification technology and Hitachi's finger vein imaging, which detects the pattern of blood vessels under the skin. FINGER VP will be rolled out in 2010. The companies say the devices is designed to be used either as a standalone system or integrated into a vast range…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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