Fingerprint sensing technology has been |
and is expected to hold a major market |
considered to be one of the most reliable |
share in 2014 , with the U . S . occupying |
and cost effective biometrics |
the largest market share . However , the |
technologies . Currently , the demand for |
growth rate of the North American |
fingerprint sensors is expected to |
market is expected to decline by 2020 , |
register a rapid growth which would be |
with APAC expected to lead the said |
majorly driven by its application in |
market . The market for fingerprint |
mobile applications , government , |
sensors in APAC is expected to grow at |
defense and military , banking and |
the highest CAGR of 23.6 % between |
finance , travel and migration , criminal |
2015 and 2020 . |
identification , healthcare , smart homes , |
The major players in the fingerprint |
and commercial security . Additionally , |
sensors market include Fingerprint |
fingerprint sensors are of better quality , |
Cards AB ( Sweden ), Morpho ( France ), |
cheaper , and more reliable compared to |
Synaptics Inc . ( U . S .), 3M Cogent , Inc . |
other biometrics technologies . Thus , the |
( U . S .), IDEX ASA ( Norway ), Bio-Key |
said market is expecting to witness |
International , Inc . ( U . S .), Crossmatch |
double digit growth rate in the coming |
( U . S .), ekey biometric systems |
five years . |
( Slovenia ), BioEnable Technologies Pvt . |
The fingerprint sensors market was |
Ltd . ( India ), Next Biometrics Group ASA |
valued at $ 5.5 Billion in 2014 and is |
( Norway ), and DERMALOG Identification |
projected to grow till $ 14.5 Billion by |
Systems GmbH ( Germany ), Fingerprint |
2020 . This market is expected to grow at |
Cards ( FPC ) , Samsung and Synaptics , |
a CAGR of 17.1 % between 2015 and |
Qualcomm , InvenSense |
2020 . Additionally , in terms | |
of shipments , the fingerprint | |
sensors market is projected | |
to reach 10 Billion till 2020 , | |
at a double digit CAGR | |
between 2015 and 2020 . The | |
rapid growth in the market | |
size is due to the successful | |
application of fingerprint | |
sensors in smartphones , | |
tablets , and other electronics | |
consumer goods . | |
North America is the largest | |
market for fingerprint sensors |