gave
us some insight into their
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thought process, which they
have now recently adjusted due
to virus and hygiene concerns.
ing hand-wave April
readers
at their
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security optical turnstiles for
speed and throughput, and at
the same time had specified fin-
This client employs thousands gerprint readers at several hun-
of readers across their securi- dred doors, at their new corpo-
ty entrances and access control rate campus.
doors.
But more recently, the end user
The high-profile customer had is now considering a major
recently designed a system us- change to their credentialing
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( Facial Recognition can be a superior credentialing system for doors, entry points, and optical
turnstiles, when compared with traditional access card readers, fingerprint biometrics. The recent
COVID-19 pandemic raises concerns about hygiene such that any card access or “touch
“ touch” ” bio-
metrics will be eventually considered for replacement by facial recognition and other touchless
biometric systems.
systems . Biometrics like this can be faster, more secure,
secure , and certainly more hygienic
when used with a swing glass or retracting glass optical turnstile or a pedestrian security portal.)
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