Today, fingerprint readers, or scanners, are the most popular form of biometric security, with devices available for both general and mass use. Hamster Plus by Secugen is

one of the options available in the market. Here are the details of this product:

The Hamster Plus is one of the new fingerprint scanning devices that SecuGen has to offer. The company has added

two new features to the device: Auto-On and Smart Capture.

Auto-On

As the name suggests, this feature enables automatic detection of a finger, thus eliminating the need of

prompting the reader for every finger scan. When utilized with compatible software, the fingerprint reader's Auto-

On feature will switch on and read the finger as soon as it touches the sensor.

Smart Capture

The purpose of Smart Capture is to ensure high quality fingerprint reading of difficult fingers. It works be

automatically adjusting the sensor's brightness to enable capturing of quality prints from a wider range of normally

difficult fingers.

The Hamster Plus can be used for authenticating, identifying and verifying functions that enable fingerprints

to work in a similar way to digital passwords that are impossible to lose, forget or steal.

Sensor

The Hamster Plus uses SecuGen's SEIR (Surface Enhanced Irregular Reflection) Optic Technology. Unlike traditional

scanning methods, SEIR enables almost all the light scattered and reflected by the finger's ridges to be

captured by the sensor and not enabling light to reflect from the valleys of the finger. The result of this scanning technique is a greater contrast between the ridges and

valleys, which enables faster reading and identification as well as decreases the likelihood of false rejection and

reading failure.

Hamster Plus Features:

Some of the main features of this reader are:

• Scratch/impact/electric shock/vibration resistant

• Auto-On, for automatically detecting the placement of fingers

• Smart Capture, for automatically adjusting the brightness level

• No maintenance requirements

• Removable stand

• Compact, light and portable

• Integrated finger guide

• USB connection

Using the SecuGen Hamster Plus with SecuGen Software has the following benefits: Latent print image deletion (prints left behind are rejected); Fingerprint template

encryption (impossible to reconstruct images); Fingerprint Reader Recognition (through Programmable Serial No.); and Multi-Device Connection (through Programmable

Serial No.)

SecuGen

Established in 1998, SecuGen Corp. is a global provider of advanced, optical fingerprint readers. The corp.'s

fingerprint biometric solutions include, but are not limited to, FBI-certified fingerprint sensing devices, and OEM components, biometric software, algorithms (MINEX-tested and NIST-compliant), as well as ready-to-use PC

peripherals, such as the Hamster Plus.

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