| Gone are the days of carrying bunch of keys for | | | | in the market at an affordable rate. |
| opening doors. Gone are the days of keeping | | | | Types of Biometric Technology |
| separate keys for separate locks. Now you would | | | | A number of identification technologies have been |
| be able to unlock all the doors and cases without | | | | used by the biometric door locks manufacturers, |
| the help of any key. The idea is not new and has | | | | such as fingerprint recognition technology, face |
| been in use for quite some time but slowly and | | | | recognition technology, voice recognition |
| steadily it is becoming popular and coming in | | | | technology, iris recognition technology, etc. Each |
| people's eye. Right! We are talking about biometric | | | | of these technologies work on some type of |
| door locks. | | | | unique and individual biometric properties that we |
| Biometric locks provide an entirely new level of | | | | inherit. In this way one can't copy or duplicate |
| interface with extreme ease & security. The | | | | one's unique identification like the password and |
| most noticeable benefit is getting rid of carrying | | | | access card, ultimately enhancing the security. |
| cumbersome keys. It also mitigates a range of | | | | Unlocking Doors with Eyes |
| problems associated with PIN, standard key, RFID, | | | | Now open doors with your eyes! You might have |
| magnetic stripe cards, etc., while providing new | | | | seen it many times in sci-fi movies. But the fiction |
| levels of ease. Biometric door locks identify the | | | | has been changed to reality. Researchers from |
| authorized people on the basis of their biometric | | | | Queensland University of Technology's faculty of |
| properties, already fed earlier into the system. | | | | Built Environment and Engineering, has achieved |
| The unique biometric characteristics of individuals | | | | sorting out one of the final obstacles to the |
| allow only correct users to enter the system. | | | | everyday application of iris scanning technology. |
| For quite some time the use of biometric access | | | | Already being used, this technology will become |
| systems, particularly biometric door locks have | | | | the part of our daily life in coming decade. |
| been plagued by two flaws. First one has been | | | | Like fingerprint every individual iris is unique and |
| the high cost of these devices in order to achieve | | | | even the iris pattern of the left and right eye of |
| accurate performance that put them out of the | | | | the same person differs from each other. The iris |
| general consumer range. The second problem has | | | | pattern is fixed throughout a person's lifetime. Iris |
| been the visual design characteristics. But in | | | | recognition confirms the identity of a person |
| recent years biometric device manufacturers | | | | based on who the person is instead of what the |
| have been able to sort out both these flaws. You | | | | person possesses, such as an ID card or |
| can now find a range of biometric access devices | | | | password. |