The field of biometrics examines the unique physical or behavioral traits that can be used to determine a person’s identity. Biometric recognition is the automatic recognition of a person based on one or more of these traits. The word “biometrics” is also used to denote biometric recognition methods. For example, fingerprint, face, or iris biometric features are sometimes described as single biometrics. Biometric technology can prevent fraud, enhance security, and curtail identity theft. It also enables people’s life more easy and convenient.

Hanvon’s one of the most important intelligent recognition solution providers in the world, which used pattern recognition as the core. Hanvon pattern recognition includes:

Handwriting Recognition	Optical Character Recognition
Biometric Recognition	Behavior Recognition	Plate Recognition

Hanvon start to research biometric technology since 1985 since it belongs to Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Science (www.ia.cas.cn). Hanvon ranked 3rd place in the Third International Fingerprint Verification Competition on 2004 behind Suprema Inc and Bioscrypt Inc.(Refer to http://bias.csr.unibo.it/fvc2004/results/light_resultsMT.asp)

As fingerprint technology has more limitation with usability (ease of use or failure to enroll), acceptance or comfort (user’s feeling duration of verification like hygeian), trackable (track the verification with picture or video). Hanvon made a great transfer and focusing on facial recognition technology more than five years, and we have successfully achieved the transplant of embedded facial recognition algorism on high speed DSP platforms, so that facial recognition system has been brought from PC to the embedded industry. Hanvon released a series of standalone embedded facial recognition products as time attendance, access control and user identification.