March 28, 2007 -- TMCnet -- AuthenTec has launched the AES1710 biometric fingerprint sensor for the wireless market. According to the company, the fourth generation biometric fingerprint sensor meets critical performance standards necessary for widespread mobile commerce (M-commerce), security and convenience applications for full featured phones, and smart phones.
AuthenTec’s new sensor has been designed into handset models slated to ship to consumers and enterprise users later this year.
The AES1710 requires significantly less battery power, and runs on a 1.8-V platform. This capability results in providing lengthy standby times. The company points out that since subscribers rely on their handheld devices for an increasing number of services battery power is a critical consideration to mobile phone and PDA manufacturers. Services such as mobile web, VPN, VoIP, photos and email can significantly drain available power.
A spectrum of mechanical and industrial design possibilities are created by the AES1710 for real-estate challenged handheld devices such as mobile phones. Since the sensor uses a unique, robust surface coating it is ideal for external positioning on candy bar, twist and slider style phones and on the inside and outside of clamshell style phones.
Larry Ciaccia, president of AuthenTec, said in a press release, “The AES1710 is our fourth-generation wireless sensor and it advances the performance standards created by our previous models to meet the specific design and functionality demands of the international M-commerce movement, the stringent security requirements of the enterprise community and the convenience and personalization required by all users.”
The AES1710 sensor’s architecture offers additional functions beyond user authentication including customized program launch hot keys, secure web launch, and next generation TrueNav for fluid on screen graphic and menu navigation using a touch pad, joystick and mouse emulation modes.
This architecture can co-exist with many near field communication protocols (NFC) to insure compatibility in rapidly expanding m-commerce and mobile wallet applications, said the company.
--Anuradha Shukla--
