The $1,000 Iris Reader (SRI Tablet) Examined
Author: Brian Rhodes, Published on Apr 19, 2016
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Comments (14)
Brian Karas
There seems to always be talk about biometric access control systems, and I see the theoretical benefits, but these all seem like a tough sell over cheap cards/badges.
I get the "no lost cards" benefit, but it seems like as your probability for lost cards scales up (more employees, more doors), the costs of biometric systems would scale up even faster.
I'm not sure if these biometric systems are solving real problems, or just giving manufacturers a method to convince users to upgrade/replace existing readers, which have a long life-cycle and probably don't get touched for 20 years after install.
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Dale Kougel
Full disclosure, I work for EyeLock. I just wanted to clarify two points as we were mentioned in the article.
#1 - Although at one time Stanley Security had exclusive distribution rights for EyeLock product in certain regions, that is no longer the case. EyeLock has setup their own sales channels around the world through distribution, oem and integrator partners.
#2 – MSRP for our nano NXT is $1650 USD and includes all hardware and software for interfacing to any access control panel via standard protocols (Wiegand, F2F, etc).
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Undisclosed #1
What do you mean by read? Do you mean matched or just scanned regardless of whether it matches?
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Undisclosed #2
We've been using Eyelock for quite some time, still have some test units on our walls as well. I can't speak for the SRI solution but the biggest challenge with the iris scanners is securing them - no one really makes a good vandal resistant unit and most of your access control systems start at the perimeter.
In regard to false reads, we get about 1-2% false reads (no entry) but the bigger issue of positive false reads we are seeing less than 1 in 1000. If you enforce dual iris the chances of a false positive are.... I dunno, we have not had a false positive with dual iris yet.
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