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Biometrics Market & Technology in Taiwan and ThailandDr. Wen-Hsing HsuProfessor of National Tsing Hua UniversityConsultant of Startek Eng. Inc.E-mail:whhsu@mail.startek-eng.com

Sept. 2004

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Division of Biometrics Market

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Revenue of Biometrics Market

Source: International Biometric Industry Association（ IBIA）

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Biometric Market Size Revenue:

2003 revenue: $719M USD2006 projected revenue: $2.7B USD2008 projected revenue: $4.8B USD

From:Law enforcementPublic sector identification / Authentication ID Card / E-passport / Immigration

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Technology Growth Comparison2003 2006

Fingerprint $198 $858Facial Recognition $50 $417Hand Geometry $43 $137Middleware $48 $209Iris Recognition $36 $190Voice Verification $23 $114Signature Verification $9 $54Multi-modal $11 $106AFIS $312 $705Total $719 $2,684

Source: IBG’s “Biometrics Market and Industry Report 2004-2008”

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Future More & more competitors! The Gorilla Game! Microsoft influence(Windows Longhorn,

2005-2006)(Appendix A) Price war!

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Inside the Tornado..

earlymarket

chasm

tornado

bowlingalley

main street

2003 20051995 2008

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Business Model

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1010

1011

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1980 1995 2010 2025 (year)

Entrance and exit managementPC Login

Information systemauthentication

Network user authentication

Authentication service business

System integration business

Equipment/library business

Market size (in yen)

(千億 )

(100億 )

(10億 )

2005

Source: Biometrics Security consortium

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Time Division 1990-: access control & PC login 1995-: info. system authentication 2005-: network user authentication

Taiwan market:2005: $10M USD(equipment), $3M~$30M (system)

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Biometric Vender & Research Institutes in Taiwan Fingerprint

Startek: Optical Reader Access Control & Time attendance API/Software license Embedded fingerprint processor

LighTuning Tech. Chip Sensor (Array, Line)

Gauss Access Control

Face Recognition Symtron Tech. Industrial Technology & Research Instit

ute Academia Sinica University (NTHU, NCKU, NCTU, NTU) PenPower

Iris Recognition : NCNU

Speaker Verification : ITRI, NTHU, NCKU

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Market: Access Control (Taiwan) Market scale: $10M USD / 5000 units Market requirement:

Repeated uses for one device Severe demand on stability High quality for services Professional partner for integration

Provider: (Startek, Gauss)

Startek Product FG70 (access control networking) & FM200 (reader) FG75 (access control with Mifare card)

Main customers: Government / Time and Attendance

(2005)

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Market: Information System Authentication Market scale: $3M~$30M USD (ID card, etc.) Market requirements:

Integrator: multi-workstations, service to citizens, fingerprint database, network connection, secure info. access.

High quality reader Entire client-server architecture Implementation for related standards

Projects: Immigration System for people from Mainland China (The

Immigration Office National Police Agency) ($ 3M) ID Card Project <$ 30M> e-Passport <$2 M>

(Taiwan, 2005)

( ): Fixed < >: on planning

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ID card based projects ID card based project

Fingerprint + smart card Civil Administration Working Permission

E-passport Fingerprint + smart card

Fast Immigration Fingerprint + MIFARE card

Visa issuing Fingerprint + 2D barcode

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When Selected Countries Expect to Issue Electronic PassportsCountry Anticipated ComplianceUnited Kingdom End of 2005

Sweden June 2006

Italy Sometime in 2005

Singapore May 2005

Iceland Sometime in 2005, certainly before November 206

Luxembourg First half of 2006

Australia October 2004

Ireland End of 2006

Japan Sometime between April 2005 and March 2006

New Zealand October 2004

Finland Spring 2005

Netherlands October 2006

Norway Late 2005

Germany Sometime in 2005

France Limited issuance in late 2005, widespread in 2006Source: U.S. House Judiciary Committee

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Market: Network User Authentication Market requirement:

M-business: cell phone, PDA, N/BE-business: smart-card, ATM, P.O.S

Projected solution: (By Startek)Software license for TI DSPFingerprint ASIC for personal devicesFCP300 for financial devices

2005~

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Drive to Market

E-passport with face & fingerprint check at the immigration. Civil administration & work permit application for fingerprint

verification/identification. Verification for 3G cell phone with fingerprint.

Since 911， national security becomes the major consideration. Therefore, a large quantity of biometric solution is in demands.

The growth of biometric market is expected to be over 40% annually.The market scale of 2007 is predicted to be approximate 4 billion USD.

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Strategy of Startek Core fingerprint technology holds 6 patents Software license to varies platforms (PC, mobile devices, IT

field) Alliances for fingerprint related market exploitation Certified high quality reader and API for Homeland security

market and ID cards market.

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SDK for IT Series PC Peripheral

fpcode

enrolled template(minutia only)

pcode

temporary template(minutia only)

CBEFF compliant

BioAPI v1.1 supported

STARTEKAlgorithm

Various readersfor client use

Other readers acceptable?

Enrollment reader

<BAPI>

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Civil Administration ID card Application

Enrollment client

Matching client

Fill form

User

Take picture

Make ID card

FC200full fingerprint scanfingerprint enrollment

User + ( ID card ) verified

rejected

FC200; X300 or FM200matching

DatabaseServer

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FADT Software License

Matching Algorithm

Mobile

PDA

FADTStandard DSP Starter Module

(Evaluation Module)

Fingerprint Reader

5510

For cell-phone market

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Business Model License to cell phone and PDA market OEM to PC, NB maker Embedded to P.O.S., ATM, Car Integrated by S.I. Company Integrated to security system

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Broad Market Applications

Biometric

( ):year 2004 total volume in K units.

Access ControlTime & Attendance(8,700)

PDA (25,197)

Computer(158,790)

Automotive(62,400)

Cell Phone(560,000) P.O.S. & ATM

(30,000)

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Enrollment Overview

Fill form Take pictureIdentity confirmation

FingerprintEnrollment

Save to database

Enrollment

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Verification Overview

Verification

Matching client

1:1 matching Acceptance

Rejection

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Identification

Read from database

Matching client

Right index finger

Left index finger

1:N matching(for two fingers)Acceptance

Rejection

Identification

Matching Server

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Immigration Platform:

Fingerprint reader for enrollment & verification(Matching server for offline identification)

Operation:Enroll the user when he/she first visitsVerify the user when he/she comes again

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VISA Issuing Platform:

Fingerprint reader & 2D-barcode printer for enrollment

Fingerprint reader & 2D-barcode scanner for verification

Operation:Enroll the user when he/she applies VISAVerify the user when he/she visits

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The multi-function smart National ID Card of Thailand :Including:1. Personal ID2. Fingerprints3. Tax 4. Social welfare 5. Social security numbers 6. Agricultural data 7. Healthcare dataChipChip Memory :64-KB(32-KB for future applications)O.S.: Java

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Timeline for Smart National ID Card in Thailand 1996-

Thailand Ministry began implementing the national registry system, a countrywide network. Broken into two phases, the first phase was to put in place the IT infrastructure and connect the country’s 1,077 local registration centers

February 2002 – Smart national ID card project is initiated by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra with the aim of giving Thais the status of "e-citizens".

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January 2003 – The Cabinet approves the Interior Ministry's project to computerize the registration system of the Bureau of Registration Administration (Bora) at 1,077 offices.

July 2003 – The Cabinet selects Bora to oversee the smart card project.

August 2003 – Bora awards the six-year, 1.8 billion Baht project to the Control Data Group (with Startek) to implement an online registration system.

Timeline for Smart National ID Card in Thailand

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Timeline for Smart National ID Card in Thailand October 2003 –

The Cabinet transfers the smart ID card project to the ICT Ministry; Gartner asked to conduct workshop about smart ID cards, in which it criticizes the speed and proposed distributed approach to card production.

December 2003 – Deputy Prime Minister Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh announces that smart ID cards cards will be ready in April 2004.

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Timeline for Smart National ID Card in Thailand January 2004 –

A new design of smart ID card is expected to release. April 2004 –

It would begin issuing the first 10,000 smart cards while the testing would continue for a couple of months and provincial governors and district leaders would help promote the use of smart ID card.

July 2004-ICT Ministry awards the issuing of the first 10M smart cards project to ST Micro.

http://www.e-lo-go.de/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4969http://www.epic.org/privacy/id_cards/http://www.intelligentasia.com/ieAsiaViewArt.cfm?artid=19962&catid=9&subcat=215

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Smart National ID Card in Thailand

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ConclusionBiometrics industry/market will enter the 3rd stage.

-- Network User Authentication1. E-Business: ATM, P.O.S. Embedded processor

solution2. M-Business: Cell phone, PDA Sweep sensor, S/W

license3. IT security: PC, NB O.S. Longhorn(BAPI), Bio-

mouse, Sweep sensor4. Access Control: Optical reader, networking5. ID Card: National authentication infrastructure S.I.,

Optical Reader, sever matching.

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Appendix A

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STARTEK Engineering Inc.

Microsoft + Biometrics/Fingerprint

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Alliance/Partners I/O Software

- Users of Windows will benefit from authentication services, secure biometric data storage and a common user interface for biometric-enabled applications

- I/O Software markets biometrics products today for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0, with support for Windows 2000 expected by this summer

- http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/may00/biometicspr.asp

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WinFX – new programming interface introduced in Windows “Longhorn” What is Windows “longhorn”?

Next version of Windows operating systemDesigned to provide the foundation for a new

wave of innovation, enabling businesses to use technology more efficiently

Towards this realization of a new module computing, Windows XP is the first step, “Longhorn” will be the next step.-

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WinFX – new programming interface introduced in Windows “Longhorn” What is WinFX (Win Effects)?

In Longhorn, Win32 will no longer be the principal API. WinFX will take Win32’s place.

.NET platform, a superset of .NET Framework An all-managed API Integrated with I/O Software’s Biometric API (BAPI) http://weblogs.asp.net/lkempe/archive/2004/03/16/90711.aspx

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Appendix B

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Pranakorn District OfficeBangkok

One Stop Service

Install at 1077 District offices in Thailand Issue ID card and enroll fingerprints within 6 years Serve 41million Thai citizens

Fingerprint system supplier : STARTEK, CDG

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Pranakorn

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Pranakorn District office

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Map of One Stop Service

1-2 : Counter Service3-4 : Income Service5 : Finance Service 6-7 : Registration Service

8-9-10 : Identification Card Service11 : Queing

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Step1: Fill up the Application FormApplication Process for Fingerprint ID Card

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The Application FormApplication Form

Front Side

Reverse Side

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Step2: Enroll Fingerprint with FC200 (Startek)

Enroll fingerprint

Application Process for Fingerprint ID Card

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Process of Fingerprint EnrollmentAdministrative personnel enter

applicant’s information

Complete and set up applicant’s information and fingerprint

Application Process for Fingerprint ID Card

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Step3: Take PhotoApplication Process for Fingerprint ID Card

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Step4: Make a Fingerprint ID Card

ID card is printed on the spot

Application Process for Fingerprint ID Card

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Step6: Finish the Process for Fingerprint ID Card

Application Process for Fingerprint ID Card

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Fingerprint ID Card is CompletedApplication Process for Fingerprint ID Card