Beget signs exclusive finger vein ID agreement

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April 2010 News

Beget Holdings has signed an exclusive agreement with French group Easydentic to market Biovein, an access and time and attendance control system based on groundbreaking finger vein identification technology, developed by Hitachi. Beget holds the rights to the full African continent.

Biovein verifies identities by capturing images of the vein patterns inside a finger by passing a near-infrared light through the finger to record the image on a CCD camera. This is turned into a digital code and matched with a pre-registered profile. The 3D finger vein profile is image-processed using a special algorithm resulting in digital data that can be stored in a data repository.

As with fingerprints, vein patterns are uniquely individual. The vein ID cannot be counterfeited or duplicated offering maximum security and ensuring total confidentiality of personal data. Biovein is perfectly hygienic as it works on a contactless principle and readings are accurate even if fingers are dirty, damaged or if gloves are worn.

The BioVein reader can be used as a standalone system allowing programming and operation to be carried out on the unit itself via the LCD screen, or from any PC over a network. It can be integrated into door access systems or turnstiles and into centralised time and attendance management systems to provide full audit trails of staff working hours.

Pretoria-based Beget Holdings, a BEE compliant company, develops and markets a range of fingerprint recognition systems for access control and/or time and attendance solutions that are widely used in South African corporate and industrial sectors.

The implementation of T&A and Access Control is particularly vital for organisations with a large staff complement, or when working on shifts or overtime that needs to be properly managed. In a tougher economy where full worker productivity is important it becomes even more necessary to bring in tighter control systems. Biometric identification for access control eliminates problems such as buddy clocking and ghost workers.

The Easydentic Group specialises in advanced corporate security technologies and operates in 13 countries throughout Europe, including the UK.

BioVein has been successfully implemented in Europe for access control to both large and small businesses. This vein identification technology is also successfully used in Japan to verify identities in computer login systems, as validation devices for ATM and door access systems.

For more Information contact André Potgieter, Beget Holdings, 086 112 3438, [email protected]

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