Fujitsu’s new MBF300 (Sweep Sensor) is a fingerprint verification system, built on the company?s solid-state sensor technology and template-matching engine algorithms.
Fujitsu’s new MBF300 (Sweep Sensor) is a fingerprint verification system, built on the company?s solid-state sensor technology and template-matching engine algorithms. The new product is designed to meet growing demand for security systems based on biometric technology, a market that is expected to expand from $2 billion worldwide in 2001 to more than $15b worldwide by 2005. According to Takeshi Fuse, Director of Advanced Solutions Marketing, Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe, fingerprint identification systems are rapidly replacing identification technology that relies on passwords and personal ID numbers (PINs), which are often lost, forgotten or stolen. He said: ?The biometric signature technology built into these new fingerprint-based verification systems provides a new form of highly reliable, secure user authentication for unlocking and enabling secure communication over mobile devices. Our MBF300 system represents a major breakthrough, combining sweep sensor hardware with powerful algorithms in a highly accurate method that will rapidly authenticate users of PDAs and cell phone devices.? The technology can be integrated into any mobile device, such as a cell phone, PDA or PC. The MBF300 combines advanced hardware with sophisticated algorithms that generate unique “minutiae templates” that correspond to specific fingerprint features. A single, rapid fingerprint sweep across the MBF300 sensor captures fingerprint features associated with high-resolution, 500-dpi fingerprint data. The template is then compared against a database of other templates, providing virtually instant identification, with very low false acceptance and false rejection rates. The MBF300, which operates at voltages from 2.8V to 5V, features a lower operating current of 100milliWatts and standby power consumption of 50 microWatts. The sensor area is about 1.28cm x 0.20cm, allowing authentication for all users. The device incorporates three interfaces: USB Version 1.1, an eight-bit MCU bus interface and a Serial Peripheral interface (SPI).
