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Home > News > NTT Develops FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION CONDOMINIUM ENTRANCE CONTROL SYSTEM which utilizes L-Box, a Built-in Linux Server
-- System allows fingerprint recording and management procedures to be conducted from the door of each condominium unit; Also links with the main condominium entrance --
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NTT Develops FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION CONDOMINIUM ENTRANCE CONTROL SYSTEM which utilizes L-Box, a Built-in Linux Server
-- System allows fingerprint recording and management procedures to be conducted from the door of each condominium unit; Also links with the main condominium entrance --
NTT Comware Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Yuhji Imai; below, NTT Comware), in partnership with Seamon Inc. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Mankoku Miyoshi; below, Seamon), has developed the Fingerprint Authentication Condominium Entrance Control System which enables the conduction of fingerprint comparison procedures from a distance through the use of Linux servers built into the front door of each condominium unit.
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[Development: Background]
Residential break-ins accomplished through lock-picking and other means are on the rise, leading to increased demand for fingerprint authentication entrance control systems for condominiums. However, with conventional systems, the fingerprint information of all occupants, which consists of multiple finger patterns of multiple fingers, must be registered at the doors of each unit as well as at each of the main entrances to the condominium. Due to the complexity of and amount of time required for fingerprint recording and management procedures for conventional systems, implementation is limited to condominiums with a low number of units. In addition, the storage of all fingerprint data in a central location raises questions of privacy as well as the danger of data theft.
The above problems have lead to demand for an entrance control system which enables fingerprint information, comparison and storage procedures to be carried out from the door of each unit, and which can be linked to the main condominium entrance.
[System Overview and Features]
The Fingerprint Authentication Condominium Entrance Control System is a lock system which, through the application of the ultra-small Linux server [L-Box] technology (for more information, see attached sheet) developed by NTT Comware, utilizes fingerprint authentication devices built into the front door of each unit within a condominium. This means that the fingerprint information for all occupants is not centrally managed, and allows for fingerprint comparison and recording procedures, as well as decentralized fingerprint information management to be conducted within each door.
When the occupant enters their room number and conducts a fingerprint comparison at the main entrance of the condominium, a comparison is made via a network with the data recorded within the front entrance of each unit within the condominium. Fingerprint recording procedures are simplified because the fingerprint information is recorded and managed with the fingerprint authentication device built into the front door of each condominium unit. In addition, concerns over privacy or the potential for theft of all fingerprint information are eliminated because this information is not stored in a centralized location. Furthermore, this system imposes no limits on the number of units it can be applied to, allowing it to be easily implemented into even large-scale condominiums.
In addition, this system incorporates the excellent reliability and other fine qualities inherent in Seamonfs fingerprint authentication technology which enables the detection of forged fingerprints, and the correct reading of the fingerprints from fingers that are wet or oily.
[Application and Usage Example]
All locations which require keys, beginning with office buildings within which identification procedures are conducted at great distances.
[System exhibited at Information Security EXPO]
From June 29 (Wednesday) until July 1 (Friday), the Fingerprint Authentication Condominium Entrance System will be exhibited at the Seamon Inc. booth at the Information Security EXPO held at the Tokyo Big Sight.
* [L-Box] is the registered trademark of NTT Comware. Other product and/or company names are the trademark and/or registered trade mark of their respective companies.
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