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HID gets patent aimed at increasing security with hand motions
July 10, 2013Martha Entwistle
IRVINE, Calif.—HID Global believes that waving your hand in a unique pattern will be another way to increase the security of a smartcard or smartphone used for access control in the future, and it announced July 9 several new patents for gesture-based methods of authentication.
The new patents cover technology that allows a user to "define a series of hand-motion sequences or gestures to be used to control operation of an RFID-based device" or an NFC-enabled smartphone.
"The...
Taking access control mobile
August 11, 2011Martha Entwistle
IRVINE, Calif.—HID Global executives are excited to talk about the official launch of its new mobile access control platform—called iCLASS SE. It's a platform, previewed at ISC West this year, that HID predicts will “usher in a new era of digital keys and new portable identity credentials.”
At the ASIS show in September, there will be more previews available and HID also will announce a number of new partnerships.
HID is working with “leading chip providers and mobile...