“The new batch of integrations highlights the continuing importance of the mobile biometrics market to Fingerprints’ business, even as the company seeks to expand into new areas such as biometric payment cards.” A slew of new smartphones feature Fingerprint Cards‘ biometric technology, the company has announced. The devices come from a range of smartphone brands.…
Seeking to get ahead of the rising trend of 3D facial recognition, IDEMIA has announced a new partnership with Infineon and Pmdtechnologies to develop a refined solution for OEMs and systems integrators. IDEMIA is no stranger to 3D facial recognition technology, having announced software designed for infrared cameras last September. But in a new statement,…
LG is taking a run at Apple’s 3D facial recognition dominance, with plans to introduce a similar solution in its forthcoming LG G8 ThinQ smartphone, to be unveiled at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The smartphone will leverage Time-of-Flight technology developed by Infineon and Pmdtechnologies. Their sensor chip, first announced over a year ago, is…
“The system’s announcement comes at a time of considerable excitement over smart and connected car technologies…” NXP Semiconductors, LG Electronics, and automotive components supplier HELLA Aglaia have announced a new computer vision system for smart cars that is designed to detect and classify pedestrians and cyclists. Not only can the system identify such vulnerable groups…
Fingerprint Cards biometric technology is being used in multiple new devices from some big-name brands. One of them is Samsung, whose new Notebook 9 Pen notebook device features an embedded FPC1025 fingerprint sensor. The sensor complements an infrared camera, allowing for both fingerprint and facial recognition via the device’s Windows Hello user authentication system. Meanwhile,…
Apple has created quite a stir with its unveiling of the iPhone X, and not least because of its Face ID facial recognition system. Together with Apple’s framing of the issue, and the media response it has provoked, casual observers might be led to believe it’s a revolutionary new technology. But facial recognition in general…
“Sensory says the facial recognition technology performs authentication in less than a second and is 99.999 percent accurate, and that it operates entirely on the device, helping to ensure that the user’s biometric data is kept safe.” The facial and voice recognition capabilities of LG’s newest flagship smartphone – the LG V30 – are powered…
LG’s new flagship phone, the LG V30, was unveiled at this week’s IFA Berlin consumer electronics trade show and features an FPC1035 fingerprint sensor, Fingerprint Cards has revealed. LG is a longtime client of FPC, having used the same fingerprint sensor model in its recent LG Q8 smartphone and numerous other recent devices. The sensor…
LG’s next flagship device, the V30 smartphone, will feature always-on facial and voice recognition, enabling hands-free biometric unlock for users. The former feature, at least, appears to anticipate Apple’s next iPhone, with rumors swirling that that device will feature a facial recognition feature (called ‘Pearl ID’) that could scan users’ faces even when it’s lying…
Another new smartphone from LG will feature biometric technology from Fingerprint Cards. The LG Q8 features an FPC1035 sensor. It’s the same sensor model used in multiple recent devices from LG, including the G6 Plus, G5, V20, and LG X, suggesting the company is highly satisfied with the the solution. The integration’s announcement comes soon…
LG is planning to bring facial recognition software to its new G6 smartphone, The Investor reports. The company is thought to have contracted another Korea-based company, Oez, to provide the technology. As The Investor reports, Oez’s facial recognition software takes up only 3.5MB – 5MB, and features liveness detection capabilities to prevent spoofing. LG’s move…
LG bet on a robot revolution at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, where it unveiled four new robotic offerings. Two are meant for the airport. LG’s Airport Guide Robot able to scan passengers’ tickets, offer information about their flights, and even lead them to their gates; while the Airport Cleaning Robot is pretty much what…
Goodix is celebrating a major new client, with LG having integrated a Goodix fingerprint sensor into its new K10 and Stylus 3 smartphones. The announcement came at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show. LG has evidently opted to shake things up after having used an IDEX fingerprint sensor in its Stylo 2 V and its Stylus…
LG is rumored to be planning to include iris scanning in its next flagship smartphone, reports The Korea Herald. The device, dubbed the G6, is also expected to support LG’s own mobile payment platform, thought to be called LG Pay. The Korean company’s mobile unit reportedly saw significant losses due to the poor market performance of…
A new LG smartphone is taking advantage of biometric technology from IDEX. The LG Stylo 2 V features the company’s Cardinal Q fingerprint sensor. It’s a sequel device to the Stylus 2 Plus smartphone announced this past summer, which also featured a Cardinal Q sensor. In a statement announcing the latest integration, the company noted…
The Huawei GR5 Mini and the LG V20 smartphones each feature biometric sensors from Fingerprint Cards. Fingerprint Cards is celebrating new integrations of its fingerprint sensor technology via two major smartphone names. One comes by way of LG, which has integrated an FPC1035 sensor into its new LG V20 smartphone. It’s the same sensor model used in another…
Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has announced that the fingerprint biometrics functionality on the new LG X Mach smartphone is enabled by the FPC1035 touch sensor. Running on Precise Biometrics’ Precise BioMatch Mobile software, the integration counts as yet another unit in a growing range of biometric smartphones featuring FPC and Precise tech working in tandem. Just…
LG’s MNO subsidiary LG U+ is developing a biometric SIM card, reports BusinessKorea. Called a universal subscriber identity module (USIM), the device is aimed at enabling comprehensive and consistent biometric authentication for users. It will store a user’s biometric data for use in a range of applications in banking, shopping, and various Internet of Things…
IDEX is celebrating a major new integration of one of its fingerprint sensors. The company’s Cardinal Q is powering the fingerprint biometric scanning of LG’s new Stylus 2 Plus smartphone. LG is, of course, a major name in consumer electronics, and as such the integration is a big win for Norway-based IDEX. Commenting in a…