Biometrics for Attendance Management Part 2
On the Part 1, we explained the current problems and suitable biometric modality for attendance management.This Part 2 features several things that you have to decide to develop or implement biometrics-driven attendance management system, and the way how you consider to deciding those elements. Storage location of biometric information data The suitable storage location for biometric information data (template) depends on the scale, scheme or network configuration of corporation or organization that introduces the solution. It would be either of the following four locations:・Server (External storage)・Client computer・Biometric device・IC card In most cases for networked environments, the data would be stored in the server. For standalone environments, the general storage location […]
Biometrics for Attendance Management Part 1
Problems in Attendance Management The most frequent inquiries we mofiria recently receive may be about attendance management. They are hoping to implement some kind of biometrics into their own existing solution or a customized development for a specific company or organization. So many companies and organizations are still using IC cards, timecards or even hand-writing manually for recording attendance data.These operation methods have some problems about incorrect attendance data by proxy time recording of IC card or timecard, or by tampering the data.Especially, it can be a serious problem for corporations and organizations that employ many part-time workers for hourly wage.Also, it is not efficient to issue an IC card […]
Optimizing Your Solution 3 – Cache Matching
Troubleshooting for server authentication Mofiria’s vein authentication can be executed on the device or centrally on a server. However, when you are using server authentication, what if there is something wrong with the data communication or authentication server and the process can’t be done? Surely it would affect your business greatly. There are many ways to prevent this critical situation such as building a backup server and communication line, introducing a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), introducing a cloud storage and so on. However, there is no perfect solution. Cache Matching feature In such case, we recommend using the cache matching feature, also referred to as the offline matching feature.This feature […]
Optimizing Your Solutions 2 – Event Notification
What is ‘Event Notification’ feature? First of all, please take a look at the following video: This video includes two patterns of vein recognition processes that is used as an alternative for a physical key. Did you notice there was a slight difference between them? In the first process, the person did one additional behavior that turned on the device before starting the authentication. In the second one, however, the process started soon after placing a finger on the device. The authentication process to open the cabinet uses the ‘Event Notification’ feature. The authentication device is waiting for placing a finger on and the process starts as soon as it […]
Optimizing Your Solution 1 – 1:N Authentication (Identification)
Differences Between 1:1 and 1:N Mofiria supports two types of authentication method, 1:1 authentication (verification) and 1:N authentication (identification).1:1 authentication (verification) is a method that specifies one finger vein data for the person to be authenticated and compares with their actual finger (vein) placed on the FVA device.On the other hand, 1:N authentication (identification) picks up one person from multiple pre-enrolled finger vein data just by placing a finger on the device. Both methods run a different process internally. While 1:1 returns one answer whether it is matched or not, 1:N executes a matching process with all candidates even if a good one is found in the middle of the […]
Introduction: About Biometrics
※This article is a revised version of the one published on Dempa Shimbun High Technology issued on May 2017. Biometrics Market Since Japan is a relatively safe country, we Japanese tend to have a kind of subconscious mind that safety is a common thing. However, other countries have a stronger demand for high security and assured identity verification. Therefore, they also have a stronger movement for utilizing biometrics technologies into various security purposes. Many countries introduce biometrics into their infrastructure institutions and some already try to associate biometric information with national ID. The CAGR, Compound Annual Growth Rate, for biometrics market in the world is about 12%. Many emerging countries […]
Biometrics Terminology
As every industry has its own terms, biometrics industry also has many specific terms. This article introduces some of them. EER It stands for Equal Error Rate. This is the error rate calculated by adjusting the threshold from the measurement result to unify FAR and FRR. This is often referred as an indicator for representing the accuracy performance of authentication technology. The lower the value is, the higher the accuracy. Enrollment This means a series of processes for creating a template. For finger vein recognition or fingerprint recognition, it is done by placing a finger on the device. FAR It stands for False Acceptance Rate. It is the rate that […]