Technology

The technology used is based on last generation of RF sensors, which

has big advantages on the traditional fingerprint sensors. The difference
would be comparable from a photo & to a X-ray.

Traditional sensors take a photo or copy of the fingerprint, an image

representing the ridges and valleys appearing of a fingerprint.
Furthermore those sensors don’t take into consideration the blood
pressure which means that a “dead” finger will function. The major
disadvantages of those technologies are that external conditions such as
snipping, dirtiness will influence the system and its functioning.
Furthermore, those techniques are of interest for the swindlers, currently
able to copy any fingerprint, thanks to any fingerprint you let at each
contact with any surface …

The RF sensors scan the internal fingerprint (biometric technique «

traceless») that is to say inside the finger (at about 1 mm under the skin),
there where the visible fingerprints are born. This internal fingerprint is
revealed to the sensor by the electric characteristics of blood pressure,
commonly named « capacitive effect », modifying the small frequencies
transmitted by the sensor to the finger by contact. By scanning the
internal fingerprint it avoids to copy or recuperate the fingerprint.
Security level is increased as it’s impossible to « mislead » the sensor with
false fingers.

When live-scan fingerprint sensors first emerged in the 1990s, they

used surface-sensing methods to read the fingerprint pattern off the
surface of the finger skin. These early devices used optical imaging
methods to take a picture of the finger skin. Subsequently a variety of
sensing mechanisms were employed to detect the patterns on the surface
of the finger and convert those patterns into electrical signals. These
included infrared gauging, mechanical force measurement, temperature
measurements, and electrical capacitance measurements.

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Although some of these mechanisms were able to acquire fingerprint
images from young, healthy adults in controlled indoor settings, they were
unable to capture useful fingerprint images from other segments of the
population, under real-world operating conditions. They often could not
capture usable images from people with skin that was dry, thickly
callused, or worn smooth by mechanical or chemical means. The failure
of these devices to work properly for significant percentages of the user
population hindered the widespread adoption of biometric identification.

In 1998, the biometry industry developed a unique semiconductor-based

fingerprint reader that uses small RF signals to detect the fingerprint ridge
and valley pattern. The RF electronic imaging mechanism called
(TruePrint technology) works by reading the fingerprint pattern from the
live, highly-conductive layer of skin that lies just beneath the skin's dry
outer surface layer. TruePrint-based sensors are less affected by common
skin surface conditions -- including dry, worn, calloused, dirty or oily skin
-- that can impair the ability of other sensors to acquire accurate
fingerprint images. That makes TruePrint sensor technology capable of
acquiring everyone's fingerprint under virtually any condition.

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 The TruePrint Technology Advantage:

TruePrint technology offers many benefits, including:

• Most accurate/reliable imaging -- for security and convenience

• Fastest imaging -- for authentication and navigation
• Smallest form factors -- for any electronic device
• Very versatile --- enabling The Power of Touch

The detailed and highly repeatable images generated by TruePrint

technology enables the biometry industry to continue to develop even
more reliable, smaller, and less expensive sensors for the next generation
of electronic devices. It is this same technology that is at the heart of the
Power of Touch®
which is enabling the next biometrics evolution.

Blood pressure is crucial for the RF sensors to function; therefore a

“dead” finger will not activate the system, as the necessary electric
characteristics to the recognition made by our sensor are not present.

Data is transmitted to the processor, which is going to be analysed and

numerically treated, from which we define a « template » which is a coded
file of about 6000 characters. During the authentication process, the
processor will compare the template of the presented finger to those
registered in memory, and if the « matching » is OK, the correspondent
authorization is given.

Memory & processor where data are stored are deprted will allows a
higher security level. Indeed, no spiteful access

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 The sensor itself :

Sensible part of the Box of the

sensor sensor

Leds
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Excitation signal source,

called « grey ring »

The Processor manufactered by Scan finger World

Product
The processor has been designed by Scan Finger World, Belgium company
present on the European market since 2007.
About Scan Finger World

The processor itself :

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Strong Partners:

Bio scan is manufactured by Connect systems, company based in Belgium,

present in five countries and employing 1200 people.
Connect systems has been chosen to ensure the Bio Scan production, to
warranty quality of the products based on a ISO 9001-2000
certification. Standard IPC A 610 revision D Class 2 and 3

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