The purchase, which closed in the Q4 2014, raises the prospect of computational imaging techniques being adapted to iris biometrics.
Smart Sensors UK operation will continue as a wholly-owned subsidiary of FotoNation, providing its iris biometrics R&D arm.
In January 2015, Indian biometrics expert Nandan Nilekani predicted that budget smartphones using iris recognition could become an important authentication tool for his country’s biometric Aadhar unique ID number project.
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