The BM-ET330 Iris Reader from Panasonic Security Systems of Secaucus, New Jersey, delivers fast and accurate system enrollment and authentication using software developed by Iridian Technologies, Inc., of Moorestown, New Jersey. Employing a dual camera design that captures both iris images simultaneously, the system makes a template or map of each person’s iris pattern. The reader is being deployed at Clear kiosks at airports as part of the airport security fast-pass system operated by New York City-based Verified Identity Pass, Inc., as part of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s Registered Traveler Program. When the Clear member inserts the previously issued ID card into the kiosk and looks into the reader, the system compares patterns in the cardholder’s irises against the image stored on the card for verification.

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