Lumidigm announced that its new Mariner fingerprint reader extends the reliable reading accuracy of multispectral imaging to Windows PC-based biometrics applications. It says the units are up to 20% more reliable than conventional sensors.

Unlike conventional biometrics technologies which rely on ideal conditions and clean surface contact alone, Mariner’s multispectral imaging reads both surface and subsurface fingerprints in the cold, hot, wet, dirty, and dry conditions that impede traditional biometric sensors, the company states.

As a result, the new Mariner fingerprint sensor brings the Lumidigm Advantage to a wide range of business opportunities such as secure data access to multiuser workstations, electronic medical records, enterprise single sign on, point of sale applications, time and attendance data collection, quality control and standards compliance, laboratory equipment sign-on, data network access, and other Windows-based applications in which organizations need to get a fast fingerprint read on the first try. Mariner now brings these benefits to the desktop and Windows-powered devices in a small, durable package.

The Mariner sensor is also available as an OEM package, enabling easy integration into PC keyboards, kiosks, handheld devices, or virtually any Windows PC-hosted application.

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