Date: Jan 15, 2010 Source: ARMY SBIR Success Stories (
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Lumidigm has developed a biometric system for fast and reliable image capture of the hand. During a single, rapid placement of the subject's hand on the sensor, the system collects all of the biometric details available from the palmar surface of the hand, including fingerprints and coarse and fine features with the censor of the palm — even details from those portions of the hands that are not in direct contact with the censor.
The system also acquires usable data when the skin is dry or dirty, or the environment is extremely wet or cold, ensuring that the system is reliable in field operations and other adverse conditions. The system can be used as a field acquisition device that quickly and reliably collects biometric features that can be compared to existing databases and can also be used to provide biometric identification at entry points and other critical locations.
The system was designed to be a stationary desktop unit, but based on user feedback, the greatest utility to the Army at this time would be to repackage the system as a smaller, easily transported unit that can be set up in the field to acquire biometric data from the fingers(both 4-slap and rolled), and the writer's palm. Using its proven multispectral imaging technology, Lumidigm is working to that end under the Commercialization Pilot Program (CPP).
Phase III Impacts
Received a $1.7M Army contract in partnership with Stanley Inc
Developed an infrared whole-hand system for a government customer
Recipient of a 2006 Tibbetts award for the successful commercialization of its first generation multispectral imaging fingerprint sensor developed under a Phase II Air Force SBIR
15 related US patents granted; has raised over $20M in private funding to date
Secured CPP funding for a single sensor that will quickly acquire all available biometric information from a hand.
