Iris Recognition To Take Off

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like iris recognition is about to explode. Turns out, a major patent held by iris recognition leader Iridian is expiring, and that's leading a stampede of start-ups and VCs into this space."

Comments

Re:Iris vs Retina

[kaiser423]

The iris is much more unique (I believe it has the highest amount of uniqueness in any biometric system), and I believe they've come up with some very compact and efficient schemes for its use. I remember when I looked back at various biometric technology about 3 years ago, iris scanning was the clear winner barring this patent nonsense.

Re:You've gotta admit...

[NickFortune]

This is about the new opportunities for feeding at the Homeland Security trough, which by pure coincidence happens to be at about the time the patent expires.

That's one opinion. Business Week, that hotbed of anti-patent activism and communist propaganda, doesn't seem to agree.

While Iridian still holds some two dozen active patents on everything from ways to digitize an iris scan to camera design, expiration of the Flom patent will finally allow a stream of competitors to enter the iris-recognition market.

That's from TFA in case it wasn't obvious. The emphasis is mine.