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Recognition Systems, US biometrics manufacturer, reports that an integrated HID iCLASS card reader is now an option available for its FingerKey DX family of products.
These biometric finger scanners work with a variety of credentials including proximity, magnetic stripe and now HID iCLASS contactless smart cards, through its FingerKey DX-2200 model, the firms report.
What they say
"Offering integrated HID iCLASS card readers makes our finger scanners even friendlier to existing and future electronic access control systems," says William Kennedy, Recognition Systems product marketing manager for access control. "The FingerKey DX-2200, along with our already proven HandKey II with integrated smart card option, provide greater security and biometric template portability for our hand geometry and finger scanning technologies."
HID iCLASS contactless smart cards store both the user’s ID number and fingerprint template on the card, eliminating the need to distribute templates across a network or require the access control system to manage biometric templates, it is claimed. The FingerKey DX product includes a keypad and LCD display. Verification takes less than two seconds, it is claimed. The user enters a PIN code or presents a card, which calls up a template to scan or pulls the template from a smartcard. Then, the user places a finger on the FingerKey reader for verification of the template.
