IDEX invents fingerprint recognition technology called SmartFinger Film for secure identity verification. SmartFinger Film is an ultra-thin and flexible fingerprint sensor that can be customized and embedded in various products for applications like online banking, network access control, ID cards, and health systems. It provides unsurpassed image quality and biometric performance for fingerprint matching. Software runs on a separate microcontroller to perform fingerprint imaging and authentication without sending data to centralized databases, allowing identity verification to occur independently.

1. Fingerprint recognition for the future
IDEX® invents the ID of you
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Contact information
IDEX® ASA Headquarters SALES EMEA & AMERICAS IDEX® Representative Office ASIA
Rolfsbuktveien 17 Unit 107 Makati Cinema Square Tower
1364 Fornebu Pasong Tamo, Makati City
Norway Philippines
Switchboard Jack Robinson Knut Pogost
Tel: +47 67 83 91 19 Mobile: +47 91 37 05 62 Mobile Int’l: +47 913 14491
Fax: +47 67 83 91 12 Office: +47 67 83 91 19 Mobile PH: +63 939 839 5020
E-mail: mailbox@idex.no Fax: +47 67 83 91 12 Office: +63 2 512 7998
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IDEX single line sensor array, pitch: 0.0508 mm Human fingerprint pitch ~ 0.6 mm THE ID OF YOU
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2. PROTECTING YOUR IDENTIFICATION SMARTFINGER® FILM VARIANTS
Security concerns in the present world continue to grow ever more complex.
There are many concerns regarding the threats to identity management Sensor
About IDEX ASA ASA measures such as access cards, employee identity cards, password protection,
personal identification numbers (PINs), passports, and so on; which can be
The IDEX® SmartFinger® film swipe sensor can be customized for easy
integration into any biometric based product. The SmartFinger® Film technology
forgotten, lost, disclosed, or changed. Identity theft is now doubling every is available to OEMs and system integrators as either components for integration
year, and the cost of fraud in the U.S. alone totals more than USD 55 billion. into products, or by technology licensing using their own in-house production
As a consequence new levels of security and multifactor authentication are capabilities, supply-chain and distribution.
required for ID, passports, access control and transactions. By replacing
passwords and pin codes with fingerprint authentication, restricted access can Embedded solution
IDEX® ASA is a Norwegian public company specializing in APPLICATIONS be provided in a secure and user-friendly manner. Authorized users get secure The ultra thin and flexible SmartFinger® Film sensor in combination with the
fingerprint imaging and recognition technology. IDEX®’ vision is to access simply by swiping a finger across the SmartFinger® Film sensor. efficient low resource embedded software algorithms allows IDEX® to offer a
ensure individuals a safe, secure, and userfriendly use of personal The IDEX® SmartFinger® Film Sensors is the perfect complete embedded biometric authentication solution for design into embedded
ID. IDEX® has developed the award-winning SmartFinger® Film
SMARTFINGER® FILM ADVANTAGES applications. Personal fingerprint information never leaves the secure
fingerprint swipe sensor for integration into products
technology platform including the patented fingerprint imaging environment of a SmartFinger® enabled device. On-device or on-card fingerprint
serving a wide range market segments and Usability systems enable personal ID verification to be accomplished independent of
principle, sensing scheme and chip design. Combined with core applications such as: Unsurpassed image quality and biometric performance online connections and centralized fingerprint databases, and utilizes existing
software solutions for imaging and authentication SmartFinger® (false rejection, false acceptance) infrastructure. Reference designs are available to customers upon request.
Film enables on-device enrollment, template storage and verifi- Online banking services Swipe speeds up to 60 cm/s
cation within the very same module. The SmartFinger® Film sensor Secure Network Access +/- 40 degree skew correction Software
is thin and bendable and can be customized for a variety of Durable and scratch resistant The biometric algorithms run on a separate microcontroller, performing the
Physical & logical access
applications such as One Time Password devices, Smartcards, ID Finger-on detection functions of real-time image reconstruction, feature extraction, and matching.
Health systems
cards, access control devices and biometric tokens. The SmartFinger® The algorithms are highly optimized to minimize the requirements for processing
Government ID capacity and memory (both RAM and flash). Everything is provided in relocatable
technology is available to customers under an intellectual property
(IP) licensing schemeor as SmartFinger® Film sensor assemblies Airport security Ease of integration library files that are independent of operating system, compiler and development
Credit & Debit cards Industry’s thinnest and most flexible - 0.05 mm thick environment.
for integration into customers’ products. IDEX® ASA (ticker IDEX®) Compliant with ISO Card form factor
is listed at the Oslo Axess market place on the Oslo Børs (Oslo Handheld devices
A variety of customizable geometries available Development kits
stock exchange). Portable storage Alternative I/O connections, ZIF, ACF and BGA IDEX offers development kits and reference designs in order to enable simple
Mobile phones On-board micro controller capability design-in of the SmartFinger® Film technology into biometric authentication
For more information, please visit www.idex.no or contact IDEX® Laptops and PC peripherals products and solutions. The PC development kit includes a USB based
at: mailbox@idex.no Embedded Biometric System development module, demo software and a Software Development Kit (SDK).
Small software footprint The embedded development kit includes a sensor module interfaced to a
Minimal hardware resources required controller board, along with the biometric library and sample implementation.
On Device enrollment, template storage and verification
Low Power Consumption