Today, fingerprint readers or scanners are the most popular form of biometric security, with devices available for general and mass use. Hamster Plus from Secugen is one of the options available on the market. Here are the details of this product:

The Hamster Plus is one of the newest fingerprint scanning devices that SecuGen has to offer. The company has added two new features to the device: Auto-On and Smart Capture.

Automatic ignition

As the name suggests, this feature enables automatic finger detection, thus eliminating the need to prompt the reader for each digital scan. When used with compatible software, the fingerprint reader’s auto power-on feature will turn on and read your finger as soon as you touch the sensor.

Smart capture

The purpose of Smart Capture is to ensure high-quality fingerprint reading from difficult fingers. It works by automatically adjusting the brightness of the sensor to allow capturing quality prints from a wider range of normally difficult fingers.

The Hamster Plus can be used to authenticate, identify and verify functions that allow fingerprints to function similar to digital passwords that are impossible to lose, forget or steal.

Sensor

The Hamster Plus uses SecuGen’s SEIR (Surface Enhanced Irregular Reflection) optical technology. Unlike traditional scanning methods, SEIR allows almost all of the scattered and reflected light from the ridges of the finger to be captured by the sensor and does not allow the light to reflect off the valleys of the finger. The result of this scanning technique is higher contrast between ridges and valleys, allowing for faster reading and identification, as well as reducing the likelihood of false rejection and misreading.

Hamster Plus Features:

Some of the main features of this reader are:

• Resistant to scratches / impacts / electric shock / vibrations

• Auto-On, to automatically detect finger placement

• Smart capture, to automatically adjust the brightness level

• No maintenance requirements

• Removable support

• Compact, lightweight and portable

• Integrated finger guide

• USB connection

Using SecuGen Hamster Plus with SecuGen software has the following benefits: Elimination of latent print images (prints left are rejected); Fingerprint template encryption (impossible to reconstruct images); Fingerprint reader recognition (via programmable serial number); and multi-device connection (via programmable serial number)

SecuGen

Established in 1998, SecuGen Corp. is a global provider of advanced optical fingerprint readers. The company’s biometric fingerprint solutions include, but are not limited to, FBI certified fingerprint detection devices and OEM components, biometric software, algorithms (MINEX tested and NIST compliant), as well as ready-to-use PCs. peripherals, such as the Hamster Plus.