Face and fingerprint are two of the most widely used biometric traits across institutions of most domains; smartphones and automotive being the highest. The applications range from attendance tracking to providing access control to employees, students, officials, laborers, and other users. It also eliminates the need to carry physical ID proofs and remember passwords all the time to prove identity. Biometric devices use unique physiological characteristics of a person to provide authentication. The most important reason for all of these users to shift from logbooks to biometrics is that technology-enabled with biometric access control systems phenomenally eliminate man-made errors.
We must admit to a fact that face duplication may occur in the case of twins, but their fingerprints will always be unique. The magnitude of instances where this can happen is meager at workplaces though. There can also be a few instances where the fingerprints of an individual are not available due to accidents or dirt. Face recognition then becomes a reliable option since facial features are always available in every individual.
Face recognition systems can be made to work using just software but fingerprint enabled systems do require a combination of both hardware and software. This will further increase the cost of implementation. So, to implement facial recognition in a smartphone, all the manufacturer has to do is invest in good face recognition software.
To get a face scanned, the person need not come in contact with any device or parts of it. This makes face recognition non-intrusive, unlike fingerprint scanning. Remote verification is one of the advantages of using a face recognition system.
A possibility for spoofing a facial recognition system arises when the implementations are not capable of mapping the face in a 3-D configuration. In such cases, anybody can spoof the system by using another person’s photograph. Hence it is highly crucial to have updated versions of these devices to minimize False Acceptance Rate (FAR).
eSSL provides a wide range of products related to security and biometrics. It makes attendance management and access control for many companies easy, fast and convenient. Facial recognition and fingerprint software are available by which users can manage in and out movements of people at their property effectively. If you are still confused about which biometric method is the best, we also have multi-functional devices that are capable of face recognition, fingerprint scanning, and RFIDs: all under one device installation.
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