Mofiria - Sony Vein Authentication System

The Japanese biometrics division Sony has developed a new user authentication method. If earlier in most systems surface layers were used, i.e. fingerprints, now the company decided to look deeper and check users for the individual arrangement of blood vessels in the fingers.

The new system may be built into mobile devices this year, they say at Sony.

The development, dubbed Mofiria, is a compact camera system that uses specialized CMOS sensors to scan through fingers and obtain user biometric data. The data transmitted by the cameras are compressed in a special way and transmitted to the processing system for decoding. In the standard version of the authentication system there is also a compact storage device, so the system can remember information about several users.
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The company's statement says that the new technology is more accurate than simply reading fingerprints or retina. The pattern of veins differs not only from person to person, but also from finger to finger, therefore it will not be easy to circle such a system, which is called “around the finger”.

From the user's point of view, the new system is also convenient - you do not need to remember any passwords for access, the vein pattern remains unchanged for years.

According to the developer, the false detection rate in the first version of the system does not exceed 0.1%, and the scan takes only 0.015 seconds when using a desktop processor and 0.25 seconds on a modern mobile phone.

In particular, Sony is already going to equip its mobile devices with this technology this year.

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