| Chapter 1 Total World Hand Geometry Market |
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| Market Overview |
1-1 |
| Introduction |
1-1 |
| Industry Challenges |
1-1 |
| Rapid Pace of Innovation Challenges Hand Geometry Vendors |
1-2 |
| Competitive Pricing Strategies to Attract SME Customers for Rapid Adoption Challenges Vendors |
1-3 |
| Need for New Applications Other than Time and Attendance and Physical Access Control to Sustain Growth |
1-3 |
| Interoperability with Multimodal Biometrics Challenges Hand Geometry Vendors |
1-3 |
| Market Drivers |
1-4 |
| Unique Features of Hand Geometry Technology Driving High Demand |
1-4 |
| Lack of Privacy Issues surrounding Hand Geometry Technology Spurring Adoption |
1-5 |
| Success of Previous High-profile Implementation has Brought Hand Geometry to the Forefront |
1-5 |
| Expiry of Ingersoll Rand Recognition Systems' Hand Geometry Patent in 2008 Paves the |
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| Way for New Market Entrants |
1-6 |
| Market Restraints |
1-6 |
| High Price of Hand Geometry Readers Restrains Adoption |
1-7 |
| Unsuitability of Hand Geometry Technology for Large-scale Identification Tasks Limits Market Penetration |
1-8 |
| Lack of Government Mandates for Usage of Hand Geometry Technology Limits Market Growth |
1-8 |
| Large Hand Reader Size Deters Usage in Certain High-growth Applications |
1-8 |
| Forecasts and Trends |
1-9 |
| Revenue Forecasts |
1-9 |
| Market Trends |
1-10 |
| Increased Focus on Physical Access Control Application through Heightened Marketing Efforts |
1-10 |
| Reduced Hardware Prices to Compete with Other Biometric Modalities |
1-11 |
| Focus on Niche Markets by Allowing Hand Reader Customization |
1-11 |
| Technology Trends |
1-11 |
| Smaller Size of Hand Reader Terminals |
1-11 |
| Switch from 9-byte Template to 20-byte Template for Improved Accuracy |
1-11 |
| Research Efforts Focusing on One-to-many Search Capabilities and Multimodality |
1-12 |
| Pricing Trends |
1-12 |
| Application Analysis |
1-13 |
| Overview |
1-13 |
| Physical Access Control |
1-14 |
| Time and Attendance |
1-16 |
| Government and Law Enforcement |
1-18 |
| Vertical Analysis |
1-20 |
| Overview |
1-20 |
| Government |
1-22 |
| Financial |
1-23 |
| Healthcare |
1-25 |
| Travel and Transportation |
1-27 |
| Others |
1-29 |
| Geographic Analysis |
1-30 |
| Overview |
1-30 |
| North America |
1-32 |
| Europe Middle East and Africa |
1-34 |
| Asia Pacific |
1-35 |
| Latin America |
1-37 |
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| Chapter 2 Appendix |
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| Decision Support Databases |
2-1 |
| Number of Enterprises |
2-1 |
| Number of Manufacturing Units |
2-3 |