Multifactor Biometric Authentication Devices

Executive Summary

eInfochips is product life cycle management partner for leading surveillance solutions provider company. The association stands over 4 years and eInfochips has been developing and maintaining range of Biometric authentication products for the customer.

eInfochips has developed 24 Products and Maintaining 35 products for the customer. The biometric solution is equipped with software application which supports control of units over iPhone to provide mobile control of all the devices installed across organization. eInfochips has supported product certification with various country specific standards through partnership with various product certification labs.

As a part of Product management, eInfochips has enabled customer to do 8 Major and 40+ minor releases in last 2 years. eInfochips is following CMMI compliant development processes to make sure product reliability and timeliness and also develops CMMI compliant documentation for all the products.

Multifactor Biometric Authentication Devices

About Products

The products are FCC Class B system with IP 64, CE, and UL certification. The access units are accepted and deployed all over the world including 4th largest airport in the world, various defense and police premises.

One of the products is 4-G Biometric access control which works in extreme environmental conditions like temperature range of -20 C to +50 C. The access controls have LCD interface, in-built GPS & GPRS wireless modem and multi-factor access control of pin, card, and biometric. One of the products has five finger sensor and in-built HD camera to have high end security.

eInfochips has also developed software application which enables controller to monitor & control all the access controls over iPhone. These access controls can be connected to existing attendance and payroll system as well.

To meet industry specific needs, eInfochips has done product customization to achieve performance and accuracy, specific features, look & feel, and standard compliance.

To target all the segments of the market, eInfochips has also developed low cost biometric unit which has in-built card reader and finger print sensor.

Testing Services

As a part of end to end development, eInfochips carried out Comprehensive product testing service with optimum test plan to avoid schedule and defect slippages.

  • Functional Testing with 4000 test cases
  • Installation/Upgrade Testing with 350 test cases
  • SDK Testing with 3600 test cases
  • Localization Testing with 50 test cases
  • Real user experience testing with 150 test cases at 5 locations with daily access by ~500 users
  • Stress and Performance Testing
  • Environment testing (at customer facility)

Technology

Documentation

  • Sustenance of documents for complete product suit (24 products in all) per CMMi guidelines.
  • Documents maintenance and release includes :
    • User Manual
    • Installation Guide
    • Quick Start Guide
    • SDK Reference Guide

Key Highlights

  • Achieved Prototyping and Final Production releases within six months.
  • Developed total application stack including GUI, middleware, and PC based SW.
  • Provided complete firmware, including boot loaders, file systems, RTOS, & drivers.
  • Ported and integrated 5 finger print recognisation and authentication IPs.
  • Released “production ready” system board design, schematics, Gerber files, etc to offshore manufacturing house.
  • Obtained product compliance certification for CE, FCC, UL, and EMC/EMI.
  • Closed mechanical design work for all product releases.
  • Performed design validation and environment testing through specialized labs.
  • Worked on-site to get final product compliance for government regulation.

Benefits

  • Increased competitive advantage by accelerating new DSP technology adoption resulted in 50% Reduction in TTM and 48% Reduction in TCO.
  • Increased revenue generation opportunities through innovative product architecture design allowing rapid customization.
  • Enhanced customer reach by providing product customizations service for niche customers.
  • Took complete product sustenance ownership with dedicated 24x7 support allowing better utilization of core resources.
  • Maintained and sustained all the product related documents enhancing deployment experience.