CARMEL, IND. - April 15,
2009 - Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies announced today that UC Irvine Campus
Recreation recently installed a biometric Schlage HandKey reader to replace
card access at its Center. The hand geometry registration process has already
begun. Henceforth, each Anteater Recreation Center member has the option to
enter the facility without an identification card.
"The number one suggestion
from our members was eliminating the need for ID cards," reports Director
of Campus Recreation Jill Schindele. "We took their suggestions seriously
and feel that hand geometry is the fastest and most efficient alternative to
identification cards. Campus Recreation is looking forward to the Spring Quarter,
when members will have the convenience of enjoying access to the facility without
the need for identification cards."
The biometric hand geometry
reader simultaneously analyzes more than 31,000 points and instantaneously records
more than 90 separate measurements of an individual's hand, including length,
width, thickness and surface area, to verify the person's identification. In
conjunction with a pin number, the registered individual can gain access to
the facility.
Schindele emphasizes that
hand geometry is different than fingerprinting and the information is not connected
to the campus system. Campus Recreation utilizes this information on an internal
network and it does not go public.
For more information on
hand geometry, interested parties can go to www.biometrics.schlage.com.