Precise Biometrics presented the new product together with Gunnebo Entrance Control at the IFSEC trade show in Birmingham this week. The new security unit is a part of ImmSec, Gunnebo Entrance Control's automated immigration concept.

"Biometric technology is a viable way to automate and secure the personal passage through our gates in line with ICAO recommendations. Our range of ImmSec gates are designed to make use of the new ePassports or other electronic ID cards containing biometrics as in Simplified Passenger Travel schemes”, said Mark Geering of Gunnebo Entrance Control in a press release.

Simply put, the system allows facial, iris and fingerprint information to be stored in a contactless ePassport. It then compares the information stored to the person standing in the gate and can by that verify that the two match. The system is developed according to the new standards that will be introduced in many countries around the world in the near future.

"The market demands both multiple biometric data in ePassports and the infrastructure to read and validate this data," said Christer Bergman, President & CEO of Precise Biometrics.