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Biometric Access Control in Schools, Colleges and Universities

Biometric Access Control in Universities

The use of biometric access control continues to gain popularity around the world for organizations, enterprises and small businesses alike, as they progressively understand the advantages it offers in the form of accurate time tracking, higher security and improved convenience. Colleges and universities in particular have started to deploy this technology for varied applications and have specific challenges in deploying biometric technologies such as the diversity and size of the user population, the need for very rugged equipment and flexibility in different use cases.

Here are some top areas of an educational institute where biometrics are in demand and the solutions that Invixium has developed to overcome these challenges:

Biometric Access for Lab Facilities and Clean Rooms

Biometric Access for Lab Facilities

Credits: Princeton University

Top universities across the globe are doing incredible research using both biological and radiological materials that would be very dangerous if removed from the lab environment. For obvious reasons, these facilities require the highest level of security which can be achieved with IXM TITAN, providing up to 4-factor authentication (Face, Finger, Card, PIN) including 2 biometric modalities (Face and Finger). Furthermore, IXM TITAN which has a built-in 21.0 megapixel camera, can serve as a surveillance device for these high-security doors. Watch the TITAN in action here:

Biometric Access for Athletic Facilities

Biometric Access for Athletic Facilities

Credits: Queens University

College and university athletic facilities need solutions that allow students to enter and re-enter secured areas during practices or game days. Access cards could easily be lost, stolen, passed around or destroyed during rigorous athletic activities. Additionally, most of the athletic uniforms that students wear tend to not have pockets, which makes it even more difficult for them to carry their cards. Lanyards, on the other hand, present their own challenges as they could create a hazard or be a distraction from maximum performance.

Biometric access provides the opportunity to maintain a high level of security in student locker rooms or equipment rooms while still allowing quick, easy, frictionless and convenient access. IXM SENSE 2 allows for fingerprint access in less than 1 second for up to 20,000 users. When equipped with the Lumidigm multispectral sensor, SENSE 2 FPL series offers the highest level of performance for users who might have moist fingerprints due to sweat or faint surface fingerprints from handling a ball, a racquet or other sporting equipment over the years. Watch the SENSE 2 in action here:

Biometric Access for Student Dining Halls and Cafeterias

Biometric Access for Student Dining Halls and Cafeterias

Credits: Kingston University

When colleges and universities offer dining plans, it is important to ensure that the authorized student is the one making use of the meal plan. Often students will share their student ID with a friend when they might be off campus or simply having a meal out. It is also too easy for students to lose their cards or for strangers to steal and use the cards. Biometrics can offer an easy way to avoid this and validate that the person holding the ID is the student who is paying for the dining plan. IXM TITAN can offer fast and easy facial recognition or fingerprint authentication for such deployments.

Invixium offers a full range of biometric solutions that meet the needs of any organization and in any environment. They are built with the most rugged construction but designed to elegantly blend in and become a part of any architecture. Invixium products meet the varied individual challenges that occur even within the same facility or campus and Invixium can quickly and painlessly provide bespoke software solutions that solve the business needs of any organization, creating a clear ROI for their next security project.

Have a project where IXM Products would meet your requirements?

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Invixium Takes ISC West 2018 by Storm with Modern Biometric Technology and Solutions

INVIXIUM STALL AT ISC WEST 2018

Toronto, Canada – Invixium, an innovator of modern biometrics technology solutions, made its North American debut at ISC West 2018 in Las Vegas and unveiled an impressive lineup of modern biometric products including its newest – IXM TITAN, featuring an impressive suite of features and technical specifications. TITAN offers customers a multitude of options for access control applications in need of multimodal biometrics (facial recognition as a primary and fingerprint or finger vein authentication as a secondary), with additional functionality for time and attendance, video intercom and video surveillance.

Visitors from the security industry including experts, consultants, installers and media were impressed by the company’s design and attention-to-detail as exhibited by the inviting nature of the booth, product displays, brochures and attractive packaging.

“We had a fantastic ISC West!”, said Shiraz Kapadia, CEO and President of Invixium. “From security consultants, end users to integrators, we received numerous compliments and positive reactions to our products and solutions. It only reinforces our vision of creating biometric solutions that are beautiful, but also rugged enough to be installed in any environment.”

At ISC West 2018, Kapadia was one of the esteemed security leaders to participate in a panel discussion of industry experts to address cybersecurity. Kapadia joined expert panelists from leading manufacturers Galaxy Control Systems, Pelco by Schneider Electric, Boon Edam, SureView Systems, Manything, and Viakoo to discuss how cybersecurity is not restricted to the IT department – it threatens and affects every connected device in every department. The panelists shared their views regarding connectivity in the security industry, and how as it expands, risks will increase. In this environment, surveillance and physical security systems will continue to play a critical role in keeping organizations, staff and visitors safe. They communicated to the audience how it is vital to understand what the cybersecurity threats are to physical security systems, how protections from cyber-attacks can be implemented and how security professionals must plan for incident recovery and ongoing protection.

“Invixium will continue to develop advanced biometric applications and help educate the market on the many benefits of multimodal authentication technologies,” continued Kapadia. “We are on a mission to become the market leader in the biometric physical access control market, one project at a time and will continue our impressive growth trajectory.”

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Get a Sense of Biometric Fingerprint Sensors

Invixium Device with Sensors

Sensors in Biometric Fingerprint Access Device

They’re on our phones, our computers, our homes, and in our cars. They’ve quietly snuck into the deep corners and crevices of our daily lives, transforming into a microcosm of the tech world with an ever-growing push towards disseminating biometrics to the masses.

Despite their growing prevalence in today’s tech-savvy generation, they still have an air of mystery to them – and it’s not intentional.
Since our biometric devices rely heavily on the high caliber of precision and understanding that goes into creating a fingerprint sensor, we wanted to dedicate an article to explain each of the sensors we offer, how they work, and why it matters.

The Basics of Biometric Access Control

Fingerprint sensors have two functions. The first is to take an image of a fingerprint and convert it into a template using a unique algorithm. The second is to match that template to a recorded template in a database. There are two ways they can do this: optical scanning or capacitance scanning.

Optical sensors use LED light and a camera to generate images. When you place your finger on the glass plate, the LED light flashes and the internal camera takes an image of the valleys and ridges of your finger. Capacitance sensors essentially do the same thing, but instead of sensing a fingerprint using light they use an electric current.

Both sensors have their advantages depending on their uses which we will explain in this article.

Invixium uses 3 different sensors: SecuGen’s optical sensor, NEXT Biometrics’ capacitance sensor, and Lumidigm’s rugged optical sensor. Each will be covered in detail within their respective section.

Sensor Interoperability in Biometric Devices

It’s most likely a term you’ve never heard before, but we can’t stress the importance of it enough.

Sensor interoperability is the ability of all 3 of our sensors to communicate with each other and exchange and make use of information when installed on the same network. If you were to install all 4 of our products on a network, users would be able to enroll on one device and instantly be able to authenticate on any other device on the network. It eliminates the need to enroll users on each device.

This is a feature that no other biometric solution offers, and we’ve pushed our R&D team past their limits to make it possible. Sensor interoperability will inevitably make installers’ lives easier and save system integrators’ infinite hours of precious time. Knowing this, you won’t have to worry about installing different Invixium devices on one network as they are guaranteed to work together seamlessly.

SecuGen Optical Sensor in a Biometric Device

The SecuGen sensor uses optical scanning to capture fingerprints. It produces high quality images for greater precision and less false rejections and acceptances. The sensor is resistant to scratches, corrosion, and other stresses which can be wiped clean without fear of damage.

The SecuGen sensor is a great option for indoor use cases such as inside a home, office building, or small to medium businesses. It is available on the MYCRO, SENSE 2, and TOUCH 2.

NEXT Biometrics Thermal Sensor

The NEXT Biometrics sensor is a capacitance scanner which uses an electric current to collect data and create an image. Thanks to this, it’s tolerant against dirt, grease, and other varying environmental conditions. This particular sensor was used specifically for the MERGE because it’s razor slim design and reliable performance allowed for placement flush to the surface of the device without the need for a cavity.

Optical sensors require a cavity in the body of the device in order to block any ambient light from entering the sensing area. Just like a camera lens gets obstructed when taking a picture near a bright light source, the same applies to optical sensors. This makes a cavity a necessity when designing an optical biometric fingerprint scanner.

With a capacitance sensor, a cavity is not required since they use electrical currents to generate images. This allows for the design of the MERGE to stay sleek and slender without having to worry about incorporating a cavity into the device.

Optical & Capacitance sensor with and without cavity

The NEXT Biometrics thermal sensor is available only on the MERGE 2. While all of our devices are IP65-rated to protect against dust and water ingress, the MERGE is recommended for indoor uses such as inside smart homes, offices, and small to medium businesses.

Lumidigm Multispectral Sensor

The Lumidigm sensor is an optical sensor which we recommend for all outdoor environments, especially where users will come across harsh and dirty environmental conditions and for installations where the user population has problematic fingers due to age, genetics or other environmental conditions. The Lumidigm sensor differs from the SecuGen sensor because of what the camera captures an image of.

Rather than capturing an image of the surface of the finger, the Lumidigm sensor uses multispectral imaging to read the fingerprints deep into the subsurface of the epidermis beyond the surface layer of the skin. Thanks to this technology, dirt, water, cuts, and problematic fingers will not stand in the way of users being able to authenticate, hence why it’s an ideal option for harsh environments.

The Lumidigm sensor is recommended for outdoor uses such as outdoor gates, factories, refineries, and other industrial complexes. It is available on the SENSE 2 and TOUCH 2.

As biometrics become a necessity for security enhancements and personal identification, their role in our day-to-day lives will continue to evolve in ways that shape them into more of a requirement, rather than a luxury. Hopefully this article has shed some light on the technology behind sensors and will give you more appreciation for the unsaid hero that lives inside your cellphone and quietly protects your data – every day.

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Here’s Why You Need the New TOUCH 2

IXM TOUCH 2-Advanced Biometric fingerprint access control systems

Faster. Stronger. Beyond Soul Touching.

Introducing Touch 2

Introducing our newest addition to the Invixium product line: the TOUCH 2. A super-charged take on an Invixium classic. It’s the same TOUCH you know and love – but better.

The newly revitalized TOUCH 2 brings yet another refreshingly modern design to the biometric market. Every curve, cut, and detail of the body was methodically placed to create an exquisite encasement that could hold the immense power we packed into a pleasingly compact package. Drop the clunky intercom systems you’ve been trying to hide all these years. Instead, proudly display a visually stunning, all-in-one, “do everything” machine that will leave passersby ‘ooo-ing’ and ‘aah-ing’ every time.

Touch 2 Features

With the TOUCH 2, our main goal was to take what we already knew well and make it better. We improved the processing speed, gave it more memory, installed vibrant visual displays, and gave the device a technical overhaul. We also added the option to install a Lumidigm sensor for users looking for the best biometrics solutions in our class.

Here are some exciting updates you can expect to see from the TOUCH 2:

  • NEW color options
  • NEW Lumidigm sensor
  • Less wiring with Power over Ethernet, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi capabilities
  • Double identification capacity (1:N) from 10K to 20K
  • 5-megapixel camera for video intercom and facial detection
  • Tougher build with Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Already in love? So are we.

The TOUCH 2 is the ultimate biometrics solution for everything from time and attendance management, to security and access control. Even smart home owners will be able to completely secure their property and customize their in-home experience using our clever integration with Control4, all with just the lift of a finger – literally.

For security, time and attendance, access control, smart homes, and everything in between. The IXM new and improved TOUCH will offer some of the best-in-class fingerprint recognition that will power the future of today’s businesses.

As security threats advance at exponential speeds, put your mind at ease and keep threats under your thumb with the all-new TOUCH 2.

Complete control – simplified. It isn’t just the future, it’s destiny.

Coming this September.

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Invixium: Proudly Made in Canada

Biometric hardware and software manufacturer in canada

Bold. Fearless. Unapologetically Unique.

That’s what comes to mind when we think of Canada. Our amazing country turns 150 this year and we want to dedicate a moment to honour this fantastic country that we’re proud to call home. As a Canadian start-up, it was important for us to highlight why we wear our ‘Made in Canada’ badge with such pride.

Since the inception of Invixium, we had no other intention other than getting into the biometric access control and workforce management industries. We knew what we wanted and we wanted it now, so we took the idea and ran – no – sprinted with it. We ultimately wanted to create a brand that focused on creating beautiful, soul-touching products that would change the way people thought about biometric access while highlighting the incredible opportunities that our country provides us with.

Why is it that customers looking for top quality biometric access products had to settle for clunky, industrial looking modules that are painful to use and install? With so many years of experience in biometrics along with a long list of “what not to do”, our founder Shiraz Kapadia decided that it was time to modernize and bring life to an antiquated industry. It became our goal to turn the security market on its head and become a trendsetter that everyone aspired to become. We want to be the benchmark.
So how did we achieve it? Simple. We obliterated limits, challenged the status-quo, and made it our sole purpose to make the impossible, possible. Sounds easy, right?

Our philosophy quickly turned to 3 key factors: design, quality, and experience. We strongly believe that ‘Design is Divine’ and it’s the design of our products that is an integral part of ensuring that they are visually stunning, tremendously powerful, and easy to use. Our promise of uncompromising quality has pushed every soul in the company past their limits, and it was that promise that urged us to make sure that we earned the right to put the ‘Made in Canada’ badge on each one of our products.

Known for its rigorous quality and environmental controls, keeping manufacturing here in Canada forced us to stick to the tempo of the Canadian tech market which intrinsically put us ahead of the competition. Where else will you experience summers heating up to +40 degrees Celsius and winters that go down to -40 degrees Celsius, all in the same place? We have extreme weather conditions, and you have to be extreme to live here. That’s the approach we take when developing a product. Yes, our products are Made in Canada. Yes, it can be done. We are taking this chance to prove that manufacturing in Canada doesn’t make you less competitive. If anything, it is the perfect balance of quality, costs, and control. Status-quo: smashed.

Canada is also very unique. Our country provides so many different cultures to hire from and interact with. We wanted to celebrate the diversity that collectively created Canada’s culture. Here, it’s highly possible to run a business that has employees from almost every country in the world. That means you can have all their knowledge, expertise, and attitudes come together under one roof to create one amazing company. You get the best of the entire world right here at home.

Canada has come a long way in the past 150 years, bringing to life some of the most significant advancements to humankind that are used all over the world. We’re bold, we’re fearless, and we’re sure as hell unapologetically unique. Here’s to the next step in our journey and all the opportunities that lie ahead.
Here’s to you, Canada.

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Invixium Intersec 2017 Post Show Summary

Invixium Intersec 2017 booth

Dubai, UAE – Invixium launched its first suite of products – MYCRO, SENSE and TOUCH at Intersec 2013 and took the biometric industry by storm. Since then, the company has been making advancements at a pace that has left everyone in awe. In 2017, at its flagship exhibition – Intersec, Invixium amazed audiences by showcasing not only 1, but a total of 3 new products including the recently launched MERGE, making its first appearance in the middle east along with a new version of IXM WEB, now an enterprise software. With the most stunning booth at the tradeshow having a floor space of 102-square meters, comprising of a second-floor VIP lounge, beautifully designed brush aluminium finished walls, a 10-square meter LED wall, impressive environmental product displays to showcase Invixium devices in extreme conditions and handsomely mounted products for demos, the Invixium booth oozed originality and elegance. Nevertheless, the showstopper from Invixium was placed on a pedestal-like rotating platform that exhibited the mighty and stunning IXM TITAN – “The most advanced biometric product ever engineered!”

Product Titan
With the introduction of TITAN, Invixium has now ventured into the multi-modal market by adding face recognition and finger vein technologies to its forte. Some of the key features of TITAN include:

  • Face recognition with liveness detection
  • HITACHI’s finger vein technology for vascular recognition
  • LUMIDIGM Venus sensor or FBI certified SECUGEN U20-WR fingerprint sensor
  • 5.0″ LCD with Corning Gorilla Glass 4
  • 2.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor
  • 21 Megapixel camera for ultra HD 1080p video recording
  • Aluminium alloy enclosure

Consisting of a plethora of other mind blowing features, TITAN can be used ANYWHERE, for ANYONE!

Product Titan

Product Titan

The other product announcements at Intersec included:

  • TOUCH version 2.0 featuring –
  • A 5 Megapixel camera for face detection and capture
  • A faster 1 GHz processor and an increased 1 GB RAM
  • Increased 1:N User capacity of 20,000
  • Two colour options: White with champagne gold finish and Black with a titanium finish
  • An Intersec first for the beautifully designed and recently launched IXM MERGE and
  • An update to the proprietary Invixium software IXM WEB which is now an Enterprise solution with added modules such as IXM Convert and IXM Link, taking the Invixium product installation closer to plug and play for all system integrators.

Product Titan

With so much to captivate our visitors, it wasn’t a surprise that Invixium saw a flurry of guests on all 3 days and a lot of repeat visitors including leading access control manufacturers, customers interested in becoming Invixium distributors and resellers as well as end customers wanting to buy Invixium products right off the demo walls. Yes, it was a fantastic Intersec for Invixium and we plan to build on this momentum in 2017!

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Invixium launches another Spectacle – IXM WEBSITE!

IXM WEBSITE!

Toronto, Canada – After the revolutionary launch of our latest product offering IXM MERGE in April 2016 that left every single person seated in the audience awestruck, Invixium is now ready to provide another stellar experience to its visitors via its new and stunning, completely revamped website. After undergoing months of research, benchmarking and content creation to ensure that visitors are provided with an experience worth remembering, the new IXM WEBSITE is finally here.

The new website has been designed keeping the core Invixium values of – “Design, Quality and Experience” in mind. As the Invixium brand continues to grow worldwide, the goal while designing the website was to provide the visitors with a better understanding of everything that the company has to offer ranging from its iconic products to seamless experiences and a trendsetting design. Working in collaboration with its graphic design and web development teams, the project commenced in April 2016. Our current as well as prospective visitors will be pleasantly surprised with how the final design has come together.

The new IXM WEBSITE is the first of its kind in the industry as it includes: 

  • Dynamic home page sliders for the latest announcements
  • Focused product pages
  • A perfect blend of animations and images for each product USP
  • A snapshot of the crazy Invixium journey from inception
  • An overview of our various partners, customers and leadership team
  • Contact details, blogs and news articles related to Invixium
  • Integrated social media buttons for effective communication

The website has been developed with a responsive design solely to serve the purpose of a refined experience for the visitors. A website with a responsive design ensures that in these modern times the visitors can have a seamless experience of the Invixium website on the go i.e. on any device and on any browser. To put it simply, the new IXM website will be available on multiple platforms and devices so that it can be accessed remotely as per your convenience. You will find the new website to be rejuvenating, user friendly and user oriented. We have worked hard to ensure that the website is future-proof and lively, so that changes can be made and new technology can be adapted in the future as Invixium itself grows and takes on new challenges.

“It’s not just a website,” says Mr. Shiraz Kapadia, CEO & President at Invixium, “Like our products, we have incorporated ideas that will make the entire experience breath-taking. Come and experience one of the most innovative and modern websites in the biometric industry.”

For more information, visit:
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E-mail us at experience@invixium.com.