BioXP - The new Biometric experience

Student: Chih-Hsun Ko

Supervisor: Richard Cocks

Category: Computer Systems Engineering Thesis Project

Every individual has private assets that need to be protected and isolated from other individual. With new innovative technology been developed with time, traditional keys can now be replaced by encoded swipe card and biometric locks. In order to provide the highest quality of security, uniqueness of the identification becomes the major concern and that is the reason biometric technology becomes such a popular method adopted in new access control system today. With varieties of biometric technologies to choose from, Fingerprint technology was chosen for their mature product line and the reputation in the market.

BioHub-II not just adopted the fingerprint verification technology, but also gives a 10base-T compatible network transmission. With this implementation, the system will not be limited in short distances and capable of providing up to 100 meters of serial transmission between biometric lock and PC central server, where verification database is located. The third major feature of BioHub-II is its ability to provide multiple biometric locks access and to share the same database at central server. With allowing maximum of 15 biometric locks, this feature will reduces the cost of the whole access control system dramatically.

BioHub-II is not just designed to be a typical project, but a genuine product that will make a success in the real market. This thesis does not only discuss the technical content of BioHub-II but market analysis will also be presented. Therefore, BioHub-II is believed to be a product of success not only theoretically, but commercially as well.

Poster Presentation (PDF)

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