Delphi develops automotive facial recognition system
Electronics and technology supplier, Delphi, has created a facial recognition system for cars which reduces strain on the computer’s processing…
Commercial Applications
Biometrics are used in retail and customer-facing settings for point-of-sales services such as payments, access control in systems for purposes such as shoplifting prevention, and identification or characteristic analysis for personalization or customer insights. Access control systems are also increasingly used for automated commercial applications, such as hotel check-ins. Typically, these use palm vein, fingerprint, iris recognition, facial recognition.
University of Cagliari electrical engineering department announces liveness detection competition
The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Cagliari has announced the third edition of its Fingerprint…
Biometric Research Note: Mobile devices to drive bank adoption of voice biometrics
Financial institutions have identified voice biometrics as one of the best means to secure its client accounts and financial information….
Grameena Vikas Bank opens portable branches in Andhra Pradesh, uses handheld biometrics
Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank, a regional rural bank sponsored by the State Bank of India, has opened 105 of…
Mamata government looks to biometric workforce management systems to control absentee employees
The Mamata Banerjee government in India has decided to introduce hidden cameras and fingerprint scanners to monitor the attendance of…
Chicago area gym opts for cameras and thumbprint scanners in place of staff
A new gym in the Chicago area is disrupting the typical workout system and has opted for cameras and biometric…
Widespread use of biometrics in consumer electronics projected
BiometricUpdate.com editors are extremely optimistic that the biometric industry is posed for incredible growth in 2013. The Biometrics Research Group…
Large government contracts defined biometrics industry in 2012
BiometricUpdate.com covered the largest publicized contract wins within the biometrics industry over the past year. This can be challenging for…
Important biometric industry appointments in 2012
Executive appointments, re-appointments and resignations are big news on Wall Street and are a large part of our daily new…
2012’s most significant biometric acquisitions
Through 2012, there were many major acquisitions in the biometric community, indicating industry consolidation, as well as a growing interest…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection