HALIFAX, N.S., 22 Aug. 2007. Identica Canada Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S.-based Identica Holdings Corporation, maker of next-generation biometric identification and security solutions, has teamed with Unisys Canada to deploy a biometric credentialing and access control database system (CACDS) in the Port of Halifax using Identica's hand vascular pattern recognition technology.
With Identica's Vascular Pattern Scanners (VP-II) and HID iCLASS smart cards, the Port of Halifax will strengthen security and manage workforce access control for more than 4,000 of its workers.
Identica's VP-II scanner uses patented recognition algorithms to capture and encrypt individuals' unique vascular patterns on the back of the human hand.
The individual presents his or her hand to the scanner and the live vascular pattern is matched to a stored template, identifying the individual in the blink of an eye (0.1 sec/person). With the option of storing the encrypted unique personal template on media, such as a smart card, the scanner communicates with Identica's proprietary Universal Controller (the UC-2) and biometrically verifies the user with the stored template on the media.
"Vascular biometrics is the ideal solution for secure access control in a working environment as it is more accurate and doesn't have the well known operational difficulties of other biometric technologies," says Gord Helm, manager, Marine Security and Cruise Operations, Halifax Port Authority. "Identica's vascular biometric technology provides complete technological competence and easily integrates into our current system."
