Iris codes from three feet

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OKI TESTS IRIS IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
January 14, 1998

Using a standard video camera, Oki's iris identification system automatically obtains a photographic image of a human iris at a distance of up to three feet.

http://www.oki.co.jp/OKI/Home/English/New/OKI-News/1998/z9772e.html

I got this from the informative home page of the inventor:
Webpage for JOHN DAUGMAN, Ph.D., O.B.E.

Disadvantages of the Iris for Identification

* Illumination should not be visible or bright

* Some negative (Orwellian) connotations

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~jgd1000/

Comments

[trishpiglet.livejournal.com]

Great. I'm not the only person awake!