Vein, Vascular pattern Veines, Réseau vasculaire Joseph Rice is the originator of this technology where a low cost B&W CCD camera with near infrared LED array is used to read the veins beneath the skin. Joseph Rice est à l'origine de cette technologie, où une caméra CCD N&B munie de LED émettant dans le proche infra-rouge éclairent le réseau veineux situé sous la peau. Vein Biometric Home Page (Joseph Rice) (2007 May) The Future of Vein Recognition By Joe Rice The Hand Vein Pattern Used as a Biometric Feature / Master Literature Thesis by Annemarie Nadort

Back of the hand Dos de la main Tech-Sphere VeinID

Palm / Paume de la main Fujitsu

Finger Doigt Hitachi

Wrist Poignet US patent 2003/0086592

Extracted vector patterns are used to identify the coordinates of branch points, and generate a unique vein map signature.
Un squelette du réseau veineux est extrait, d'où on identifie les emplacements des embranchements qui sert à générer une signature unique.

PosID has proposed (U.S. Patent # 5,351,303) to read the thermal image of the fingertip using an infrared camera (Merlin camera from Indigo Systems Inc. using a 320 x 240 microbolometer array and filters optimized for 7- to 8-µm detection).
PosID a proposé (brevet US 5,351,303) de lire l'image thermique du bout du doigt en utilisant une caméra infra-rouge (caméra Merlin d'Indigo Systems, basée sur une matrice de 320 x 240 microbolomètres plus un filtre optimisé pour la détection dans la bande des 7 à 8 µm).

(2000) Next step is to integrate a microlens array directly on a CMOS sensor in order to manufacture a flat sensor.
(2000) La prochaine étape est d'intégrer un reseau de microlentilles directement sur un capteur CMOS dans l'objectif d'obtenir un capteur plat.

Luminetx proposes a device able to read the vein pattern, and to project the image directly on the skin, the VeinViewer, which is not directly biometrical recognition but very close.

Snowflake demo

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(MAY-2006): none / aucun

Commercial products:

Fujitsu FCPA product (2002) Fujitsu "mouse" (2003) Fujitsu palm-vein authentication used in some japanese banks. (2003)Fujitsu datasheet (2006 Mar) PalmSecure
(2007 Sep) Fujitsu releases the PalmSecure Mouse, a mouse with an integrated palm reader.
(2008 Oct) BayCare Health System offers vein ID in Tampa's hospitals (via TampaBay).
Palm vein sensor
(2009 Apr) Fujitsu, partnering with Allscripts, recently introduced the Allscripts Patient Kiosk for health care patients to confirm their identities, using the PalmSecure.
(2006)Yarg & Fujitsu develops a palm reader.
(2008 Oct) Intus PS Hand Vein Authentication (Fujitsu Palmsecure)
(2009) Hitachi vein homepage (2004) Hitachi-HEC SecuaVeinAttestor HitachiSoft Johmon (2004) Hitachi soft engineering (2005 Nov) Demo on a car handle. Front Future's Mini-Keyboard FV-1 (2007 Oct) Hitachi proposes a finger vein reader behind the steering wheel. (2009 Jul) Vending machine (Mainichi/Japan)
(2009 Aug) Hitachi Unveils 3mm-thick Finger Vein Authentication Module.
(2008 Jun) LG-Hitachi unveils the vein ID module.
(2007 May) AIS offers a finger vein recognition device with a time attendance system (press release).
(2007 May) Konica Minolta bizhub C550 offers a finger vein authentication option.
(2005 Nov) Hitachi release the Flora Se210 notebook.
(2006 Nov) Sumitomo Reality & Development Co. has teamed up with Hitachi to create a finger vein key system.
(2002) Tech-Sphere (maker) Advanced Biometric Technology Veid VP-II I-OnAsia biometric division VP-II Vein Biometrics
No more links as of 2007: (1998) VeinID (maker) (2001) BK Systems Nextern (Korea)
Bionics VA100 iAccess Systems VA100 VA200 (2005)
(2000) Apogée Biometrics Livegrip (formerly Advance Biometrics)
(2005) Internal Biometrics Spartan Shield Vein Pattern Recognition (VPR)
(2005) Luminetx Corporation Acquires U.S. Patent for Vein-Pattern Biometric Identification	See demo
(2006 Dec) Actiontech CREDO is announced as a fingerprint reader on the Actiontech english website, which is NOT a fingerprint reader, but looks like to be the Fujitsu reader...
PosID
(2007 Sep) Fit Design System: Finger Vein Authentication Reader
(2007 Sep) CEC / ShenZhen CECV Finger Vein Authentication Reader
(2008 Mar) Olivetti releases the d-Color MF450 and d-Color MF550 with an optional finger vein reader (not fingerprint).
(2008 Mar) Snowflake technologies reader prototype.
(2009 Feb) Sony unveils a finger vein scanner.
(2009 Mar) Sagem Sécurité and Hitachi Combine Fingerprint and Vein Recognition Technologies (2009 Oct) Device is unveiled at Biomerics 2009.

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