| LG Electronics Iris Technology Division was established
in the United States in 2002, providing global management
responsibility and overall direction for strategy,
product development, marketing, sales and distribution
of the Company's iris recognition technology products.
The US unit, with offices in Englewood Cliffs
and Cranbury, New Jersey, works closely with LG
ELITE, the Company's Korean-based center for innovation,
research and development. Today the efforts of
these business groups are focused on new product
development with the introduction of the LG IrisAccess
4000 series the newest 3rd generation solution,
while continuing to support the second generation
LG IrisAccess 3000 range - a proven IrisAccess
platform, which through lab testing and real-world
use, has set standards for accuracy, speed and
user convenience, as well as integration versatility.
LG Electronics' roots as an electronics industry
leader trace back to 1958. Today, a leading manufacturer
of digital and electronics products, and world
leader in monitor technology and optical disc
drives, LG has also established itself on the
leading edge of biometric authentication employing
iris recognition - a technology generally accepted
as the most accurate of all biometric identification
methods.
LG's involvement in iris recognition technology
dates back to 1997. Since then, the Company has
designed, tested and deployed three generations
of its world-leading IrisAccess iris recognition
platform on a commercial scale.
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