A new brand of finger vein authentication technology called “mofiria” was developed by Sony for incorporation in electronic devices. Not only is the mofiria capable of being used as a security measure for personal computers, it could also be put into smaller portable devices due to its compact size. Unlike fingerprint authentication, this technology relies on the veins inside the finger to recognize an identity and hence, forgery would take a lot more to accomplish.
The CMOS sensor of the mofiria device captures the scattered light in the finger brought about by near-infrared LED shone on the body part. The light is then formed into an image or a pattern that serves as a person’s recognition. The authentication device doesn’t even require the finger to be placed upon it on a certain position because the captured data (that takes around 0.015 second using a computer and 0.25 second on a mobile device) is automatically corrected. That makes mofiria highly-accurate in its given task. Sony is looking at a 2009 commercialization date for the mofiria finger vein authentication technology.
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