SmartMetric has introduced live finger detection into its biometric card fingerprint scanner that is used to detect the legitimacy of the card user.The card holder simply touches the card's surface mounted square sensor that sends a detailed image of the card holder's fingerprint to the card's internal processor. A comparison is made with the person's pre-stored fingerprint and if a 100% match occurs then the card's smart card chip and/or RFID transmission is turned on. If a match doesn't take place then the card remains inactive its transaction or smart card chip will not work. Scanning, matching and card activation is done in less than a second.As added security, the card has additional sensing functions that are used to validate the liveness of the finger being used on the sensor. Thereby protecting the card against “dead finger” fingerprint replication.Based on embedded electronics the SmartMetric biometric cards are able to detect whether or not the person attempting to use the card is in fact a live person or not. “This is an important feature that foils attempts to use a recreated fake finger in order to get around the strong biometric security embedded inside our cards.” said SmartMetric's President and CEO, Chaya Hendrick.SmartMetric has developed biometric cards for the banking, secure cyber and building access along with other special biometric secured cards such as a portable medical file card for frequent travelers offered through health insurers.SmartMetric holds five issued patents pertaining to its biometric credit/debit card. It is currently being offered to Banks in the United States, Latin America and soon to be released to Banks in Europe.

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