Fujitsu Announces Contract for World's First Library System Using Palm Vein Authentication Technology.Tokyo, Japan, Dec 22, 2005 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Fujitsu Limited announced December 22 that it has been awarded a contract by Naka city in Ibaraki prefecture For the city, see . Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県 Ibaraki-ken of Japan, to construct a system utilizing Fujitsu's biometric palm vein authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. technology for the city's new public library scheduled to open in October 2006. The library system is the world's first of its kind. Fujitsu's contactless palm vein authentication technology will be implemented for the first time in a library system to provide a lending service that eliminates the use of library identification (ID) cards to check out books. Naka city was established on January 21, 2005 with the founding principle of creating harmony among nature, the culture of the region, its people and cutting-edge science. The city seeks to take advantage of the region's strengths in cutting-edge technologies while respecting its cultural traditions as well as its natural beauty. Naka city chose to adopt Fujitsu's contactless palm vein authentication technology for use in its new public library in view of offering convenience and safety to library users. Features of Fujitsu's contactless palm vein authentication technology which were recognized and highly regarded by Naka city include such features as: its high level of authentication accuracy due to the complexity of vein patterns of the palm, the extreme difficulty to duplicate palm vein patterns given that the biometric information is internal to the body, and the fact that the system is contactless and therefore hygienic hy·gien·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to hygiene. 2. Tending to promote or preserve health. 3. Sanitary. for use in public areas. Users of the Naka City Public Library will be given the choice of using an ID card with an embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. IC chip, or use of palm vein authentication system The combination of authentication server and authenticator, which may be separate devices or both reside in the same unit such as an access point or network access server. The authentication server contains a database of user names, passwords and policies, and the authenticator physically for identity verification Noun 1. identity verification - the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or . Users who select palm vein authentication will be able to check out library materials or use its audio-visual section without using ID cards. Users simply suspend their hand above the authentication device and their palm vein pattern is compared to their pre-registered pattern for verification. Fujitsu intends to adapt its contactless palm vein authentication technology for use in the security, financial, heath care, government and public sector fields as it expands its business on a global basis. Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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