Frequently Asked Questions: What are key features and benefits of Fujitsu's biometric sensor ICs? What are the enabling technologies? What are the major applications? What biometric products does Fujitsu provide?
Fujitsu's biometric sensors are proven devices with years of customer deployment in a broad range of products around the world. The Fujitsu biometric sensors provide: • Image Quality: clear, high-contrast 500 DPI, 8-bit grayscale fingerprint images that meet industry requirements. • Power-efficient: ideal for battery operated and low power devices. • Durable: patented IC topology and coatings for real world use. • Cost effective: appropriate for today's authentication devices. • Flexibility: touch sensors and sweep sensors to meet your need . Q2. What are the enabling technologies? Fujitsu biometric sensors use an array of highly sensitive capacitive elements built from industry-standard CMOS silicon. The capacitive array accurately and reliably captures the 3-dimensional ridge and valley information from your fingerprint. Fujitsu's design has a high signal-to-noise ratio, enabling it to capture a broad range of finger types, providing industry-leading image quality and reliability. Fujitsu sensors feature USB, 8-bit parallel and SPI interfaces. Q3. What are the major applications? The Fujitsu fingerprint sensors are found in many applications: • PC and network applications: USB flash drives, PC peripherals and more. These devices can be combined with software to provide operating system logon, network access, file and folder encryption, password caching and single sign-on. • Embedded applications: The Fujitsu fingerprint sensors are combined with microcontrollers and memory to provide stand-alone fingerprint-matching devices. These systems can be used in door lock applications, time and attendance terminals, handheld devices, safes, lockers and many other devices, without a PC. • Vertical markets: Biometric solutions are being used in many vertical market applications, ranging from enterprise network authentication to protecting private medical information, controlling access to financial data, authenticating citizens at border crossings, providing a more convenient way to make purchases, and replacing passwords. There are virtually no limits to the creative ways to use Fujitsu's biometric solutions. Q4. What biometric products does Fujitsu provide? Fujitsu's fingerprint sensor solutions fit into three categories: • Fingerprint Sensors: the IC's used in products. Whether touch sensors or sweep sensors, Fujitsu has a sensor for your needs. • Developer Kits: the tools you need to quickly incorporate the Fujitsu fingerprint sensors into your products. These kits include software libraries, sample code, documentation and reference designs. • Complete Solutions: from self-contained embedded biometric-matching modules to finished PC peripherals, Fujitsu and its partners offer a broad range of solutions that incorporate the Fujitsu fingerprint sensors.
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