Compared with other biometrics, Finger Vein offers significant advantages such as high accuracy rates, high resistance to criminal tampering, speed of authentication and compactness in size. The advantages of Finger Vein Biometric technology are seen from the comparisons of the types of biometric technology below:
| Biometric Information | Authentication Method |
Security | User Resistance |
Cost | Privacy | Size of Device |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Uses finger vein patterns | High | Low | Medium | Very Private | Small to Medium |
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Uses palm vein patterns | High | Low | Medium | Very Private | Medium |
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Uses distinguishing points of a fingerprint | Medium | High | Low | No Privacy | Small |
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Uses facial contours, location and shape of eyes and nose | Low | Low | Medium | No Privacy | Medium to Large |
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Uses the pattern of radial features of the iris | High | High | Medium to High | Medium Privacy | Large |
