Explainer: What is Biometric Identification?
Biometric technologies use physical characteristics, such as voice tone or hand shape, to identify people automatically. Behaviors, such as handwriting…
Explaining Biometrics
Read comprehensive descriptions and explanations of the latest biometric technology solutions including a glossary of biometric terms and definitions.
Explainer: Biometric Middleware
Biometric middleware is authentication software that enables various biometric devices and technologies and allows the match or no—match decisions made…
Explainer: Vascular Pattern Recognition
Vascular pattern recognition, also commonly referred to as vein pattern authentication, uses near-infrared light to reflect or transmit images of…
Explainer: Speaker Recognition
Speaker, or voice, recognition is a biometric modality that uses an individual’s voice for recognition purposes. (It is a different…
Explainer: Iris Recognition
Iris recognition is the process of recognizing a person by analyzing the random pattern of the iris. The automated method…
Explainer: Hand Geometry Recognition
Hand geometry recognition is the longest implemented biometric type, debuting in the market in the late 1980s. The systems are…
Explainer: Face Recognition
Humans often use faces to recognize individuals and advancements in computing capability over the past few decades now enable similar…
Explainer: Dynamic Signature
Dynamic signature is a biometric modality that uses, for recognition purposes, the anatomic and behavioral characteristics that an individual exhibits…
Explainer: Single Sign On Technology for the Healthcare Industry
Major health organizations are scrambling to implement new technologies that can help with the faster and safer delivery of patient…
Explainer: Verification vs. Identification Systems
Biometrics are used for different purposes, but they are generally part of either a verification system or an identification system….
