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Briefing

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

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SRI International has introduced the Iris-on-the-Move RapID-Cam, a handheld multimodal biometric device that can simultaneously capture dual-iris and facial images up to six feet away with a single click. The company exhibited a prototype of the device, which is roughly twice the size of other handheld multimodal biometric devices currently on the market, at the 2011 ASIS International security conference in Orlando, Fla. RapID-Cam can enroll someone with their glasses off but later identify that person with their glasses on.…

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