What is the different compare face recognition and fingerprint reader?
Many people have a doubt and question on differences between facial recognition and fingerprint reader. Now, let us take a look and make a fast comparison to see which technology is better to suit you. A biometric fingerprint system is an identification system that uses fingerprint recognition technology to capture and match human unique finger’s surface-specific characteristics in the line pattern. Whereas the face recognition system adopts deep learning technology to analyze the face’s shape, characteristics on different parts of the face to determine a match such as an eye, nose, mouth, and face shape.
Speed and Accuracy
Most face recognition can verify a human face within 0.2 up to 3 seconds. It’s considered pretty fast in normal circumstances. But sometimes, the recognition speed turns to be slow down if a person’s wearing a cap, sunglasses, or great changes. Another issue is the environmental impact such as light exposure. It’s always easy to scan the face if the reader installs indoor or partial outdoor without direct exposure to sunlight. Of course, the quality of the facial recognition camera lens and face algorithm is an important criterion for evaluation and understand how sensitive it will be.
Compare facial recognition and fingerprint reader, the fingerprint system, most of the fingerprints verify persons’ fingerprints within less than 2 seconds. However, if a person’s fingerprint is not good such as cut, dirty, wet will affect scanning quality as well.
Convenient in Registration Process
Nowadays, facial recognition support uses a JPEG format face photo image. It sounds great and effortless for everyone to reduce complexity on the physical enrolment step. Unlike a fingerprint, it requires a person to attend physically and use a fingerprint enrolment reader to capture fingerprint data into a digital string.
Data Protection and Security
Tagging a person’s face photo, fingerprint sometimes can make people feel uncomfortable and worry about their bio-identity will be misused. Most of the biometric systems support encryption features and it’s not possible to turn our fingerprints into images. In terms of the face image, I believe that most people will have Facebook or Instagram. Is this a major issue if they post their face photo on social media? Of course, system administrators hold a responsibility to ensure enroll face photo always protected and not easily intruded.
Hygiene
No doubt face recognition uses a contact-less method but fingerprints require a person to physically contact the fingerprint sensor to enable the authentication process. Constantly share use and close contact pose a risk of spreading unwanted bacteria and viruses to others which doesn’t seem safe to everyone.
Sensor Durability and Maintenance
Generally, fingerprints require more maintenance effort compare to face recognition readers. Frequent use will cause fingerprint lens dirty, scratched, and wet. All this will cause the device not to work in a proper manner. Sometimes, due to hard to detect the issue, users intend to press hard on the fingerprint lens and it’s a reason for the lens sensor’s easy getting spoilt compare to face recognition.
Ease of Use
It all depends on the user to familiarize himself. In my opinion, both devices also have the pain to use, especially like fingerprints, when it comes across dirty. Some other factors will affect face hard to scan as well. Such as lighting issues, or improper face enrolment.
Affordability
Depends on hardware specification such as user capacity, IP Rating, and other features equipped. Generally cost for facial and fingerprint readers floating within 15%-20%.
In conclusion, there’s no 100% good biometric system in this world. All devices have their own strengths and weaknesses. It always depends on the company’s desire and preferable to use what kind of biometric system. Always the impression of using face recognition is more like high-end products compare to fingerprint readers.
AP-T15
- Compatible indoor/outdoor door access EM lock system.
- Capture person attendance
- Max.1,500 faces and cards capacity
- Face verification speed ＜ 0.2 s/User.
- Accuracy rate ≥ 99%; IP65.
- 4.3-inch LCD touch screen, 2 Mega pixel wide-angle lens.
- Two-way audio with client software, indoor and master station.
AP-T60W
- Compatible indoor door access EM lock system.
- Capture person attendance
- Max.6,000 faces and cards capacity
- Face verification speed ＜ 0.2 s/User.
- Accuracy rate ≥ 99%; IP43.
- 4.3-inch LCD touch screen, 2 Mega pixel wide-angle lens.
- Two-way audio with client software, indoor and master station.
AP-T671
- Compatible indoor/outdoor door access EM lock system.
- Capture person attendance
- Max. 6,000 faces and cards capacity
- Duration ＜ 0.2 s/User.
- Accuracy rate ≥ 99%; IP65.
- Max.10,000 cards, and Max. 150,000 event capacity.
- 7-inch LCD touch screen, 2 Megapixel wide-angle lens.
- Two-way audio with client software, mobile app, indoor and master station.
- Alarm input and output capability.