Himax, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions, has launched its Wiseeye module solution to bring the benefits of the latest biometric technology for rapid, contactless, and adaptive identity verification to the smart door locks market.
This game-changing, contactless, ultralow power bimodal biometric authentication is designed to enhance both security and user friendliness in smart door locks. By leveraging multiple personal biometric traits for authentication, the newly introduced solution offers unparalleled security, seamless adaptability and a robust, user-friendly experience, ensuring authentication performance across various scenarios and environments.
For example, in extremely cold environments where glove-wearing makes palm access control unfeasible, the system seamlessly adapts by enabling face recognition along with keypad input, streamlining a two-step authentication process into continuous, reliable, and enhanced security.
The Himax Wiseeye Palmvein solution, part of Himax Wiseeye module business, integrates the Himax Wiseeye2 AI processor, an IR AoS CMOS sensor, and a proven palm vein authentication algorithm. Notably, the Himax Palmvein solution has been granted PSA Certified Level 2 security certification, ensuring it meets high security standards. Featuring an ultralow power, compact, plug-and-play design, it can authenticate an individual’s identity in under 100 milliseconds, marking a breakthrough in security technology for battery-powered smart devices.
Himax Wiseeye Palmvein promises superior accuracy and robust liveness detection, significantly reducing identity spoofing and fraud, with a FAR (False Acceptance Rate) of 1 in 1,000,000 and FRR (False Rejection Rate) below 1%. This. according to Himax, ensures reliable performance regardless of challenges such as age, fingerprint quality, height, or lighting, which typically affect other authentication methods, such as vision and fingerprint-based systems.
Since its debut in early 2024, Himax’s Wiseeye Palmvein technology has quickly garnered significant customer interest for smart access control systems, with mass production underway.
