LES Fingerprint Scanner Technology: Superior Security

Integrated Biometrics’ fingerprint scanners featuring the patented Light Emitting Sensor (LES) offers the performance to fulfill the promise of biometrics. This intrinsically live finger sensing, high resolution image generation technology surpasses both the security and usability of silicon and optical scanners in real world performance. The low maintenance and durability of LES also add significant value from reduced operational costs and extended life.

LES is the only technology to achieve The National Biometric Security Project's Qualified Products List certification. For demanding unattended applications where identification adds value, companies worldwide employ our LES based identification engine for asset security and audit trail generation.

Security

The Light Emitting Sensor is intrinsically live finger sensing, which makes it immune to the techniques that cause optical or silicon sensors to grant false acceptance.

Usability

A number of technology and design features contribute to the LES’s high usability rate among user populations. The large, curved sensor face of the fingerprint scanner provides a larger template to work from and less distortion than flat optical or silicon sensors. Templates are captured at 650 dpi, which combined with our image processing algorithms provides usable templates where other sensors fail... the young, the old, even dry skin and faint fingerprints.

Because it generates an image from faint electric current, the LES fingerprint scanner is not easily confused by oils or foreign matter on fingers. This leaves the sensor surface basically maintenance free.

LES typically works with 99 to 100% of a given user population. This high usability rate reduces or eliminates the need to provide provisional token based access control.

Durability

Achieving long lasting return on investment requires durability. The LES fingerprint scanner has been mechanically tested to 1.5 million touches with no visible degradation in image quality.


Fingerprint Scanner Technology Comparison

The Light Emitting Sensor outperforms optical and silicon sensor types in the key areas of security and usability.

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Attribute / Scanner LES Optical Silicon Swipe Silicon
Security ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪ ✪✪✪ ✪✪✪
Ease of Maintainance ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪✪✪ ✪✪✪ ✪✪✪
Image Quality ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪ ✪✪✪
Durability ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪✪✪ ✪✪✪
Physical Size ✪✪✪ ✪✪✪ ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪✪✪✪✪
Ease of Use ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪ ✪✪✪✪✪
Resistance to Surface Contaminants & Abrasions ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪✪
Performance Over Time ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪✪✪ ✪✪✪
Cost ✪✪✪ ✪✪✪ ✪ ✪✪✪
Impact-Shock ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪ ✪✪✪ ✪✪✪
Electrostatic Discharge Resistance ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪✪✪✪✪ ✪ ✪