Finger blood vessel card as a credit card
Hitachi has announced a biometric credit payment system called “finger vein money”, which will allow buyers to literally purchase goods with their fingertips. According to the company, Hitachi is going to start testing the "payment system of the blood vessels of the fingers" in September this year.
The “finger vein money” is based on the Hitachi-developed identification technology, which is used to determine a person’s personality by the structure of the blood vessels of his fingers. This structure is as individual as fingerprints or retina, but it is securely covered under the skin, which significantly reduces the chances of a fake. A similar identification system is already used in Japan to verify identity when making purchases through ATMs (vending machines), gaining access to protected areas of enterprises, etc.
To use finger vein money, consumers must first register the data on the “grid of blood vessels”, which are then added to the account of the credit card holder and entered into the database. Then everything is simple: when you buy, you do not need to take out a credit card, just put your finger in the reader and wait until the system identifies. The identification process is also not complicated. Infrared cameras record the image of the structure of the veins, then the image is converted into the usual graphic format, sent to the database, where it is checked against the existing image of your small vessels. If you are you, then everything is fine.
Testing the new payment system Hitachi will hold its own. Starting in September, 200 employees of the company will use finger vein money for three months, paying at the cafeterias and stores at the Hitachi System Plaza Building, located in Shin Kawasaki. If testing is successful, Hitachi is going to expand (as a trial period of work) the use of the system to all company buildings around the world.
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“Finger vein money” is promising not only because of the complexity of falsification of personal identification, but also because it completely excludes from the “case” a piece of plastic called a credit card.
via Pink Tentacle
The “finger vein money” is based on the Hitachi-developed identification technology, which is used to determine a person’s personality by the structure of the blood vessels of his fingers. This structure is as individual as fingerprints or retina, but it is securely covered under the skin, which significantly reduces the chances of a fake. A similar identification system is already used in Japan to verify identity when making purchases through ATMs (vending machines), gaining access to protected areas of enterprises, etc.
To use finger vein money, consumers must first register the data on the “grid of blood vessels”, which are then added to the account of the credit card holder and entered into the database. Then everything is simple: when you buy, you do not need to take out a credit card, just put your finger in the reader and wait until the system identifies. The identification process is also not complicated. Infrared cameras record the image of the structure of the veins, then the image is converted into the usual graphic format, sent to the database, where it is checked against the existing image of your small vessels. If you are you, then everything is fine.
Testing the new payment system Hitachi will hold its own. Starting in September, 200 employees of the company will use finger vein money for three months, paying at the cafeterias and stores at the Hitachi System Plaza Building, located in Shin Kawasaki. If testing is successful, Hitachi is going to expand (as a trial period of work) the use of the system to all company buildings around the world.
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“Finger vein money” is promising not only because of the complexity of falsification of personal identification, but also because it completely excludes from the “case” a piece of plastic called a credit card.
via Pink Tentacle
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/12584/
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