TDSi scoops award at Security Live Show

Edited by the Buildingtalk editorial team Nov 28, 2007

Access control specialist TDSi has collected a prestigious award from the Master Locksmith's Association, with PalmGarde, the company's new palm vein reader.

Simon Griffiths, one of the Security Live organisers, said: "The judges were looking for innovative products that offered practical solutions to the security industry; PalmGarde is a great example of this".

PalmGarde is one of the first physical access control products to incorporate Fujitsu's PalmSecure sensor, and operates by reading and processing the palm vein pattern; this lies beneath the epidermis and so can't be distorted by skin damage.

In so doing, it delivers true contact-free biometric technology, offering a hygienic, user-friendly solution for any public area.

The reader delivers extraordinarily high standards of accuracy, boasting a false rejection rate of 0.01% and a false acceptance rate less than 0.00008%.

Fully scaleable, PalmGarde has an industry standard reader interface, making it capable of being added to the majority of existing access control system without the need to replace equipment; alternatively, the reader may be used in a single door application, operating as a fully independent, stand alone unit.

Collecting the award, TDSi's Product Manager, Duncan Gooch said: "We are delighted that PalmGarde has been recognised by the MLA in this way".

"The reader offers a great combination of improved security, high performance, reduced cost of operation and user friendly performance".

"Combined with our eXguard Pro software, it represents a great solution for building owners, security professionals and installers".