Himax to Introduce Expanded WiseEye PalmVein Suite at CES 2025 Featuring Groundbreaking Bimodal Palm Vein and Face Authentication Technologies for Multimodal Authentication

TAIWAN, Taiwan, Dec. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:), Inc. (Himax or Company) (Nasdaq: HIMX), an industry leader in legendary display driver ICs and other semiconductors, announced today; The company will introduce its enhanced WiseEye™ PalmVein suite at CES 2025, a game-changing, contactless, ultra-low-energy biometric authentication suite designed to enhance both security and user convenience By using multiple personal biometric features, the newly implemented solution provides unparalleled security, seamless adaptability and a robust, user-friendly experience, ensuring authentication performance in a variety of scenarios and environments.

The Himax WiseEye PalmVein solution, part of the Himax WiseEye module business, combines the Himax WiseEye2 AI processor, an AoS CMOS sensor and a proven palm vein identification algorithm. is to high security standards.Having an ultra-low power, compact, plug-and-play design, it can identify individual identity in under 100 milliseconds, marking a breakthrough in battery-powered smart device security. Given that each person’s palm vein pattern is as unique as DNA, even in identical twins, it provides a higher level of security than a conventional fingerprint or fingerprint. with facial recognition. What’s more, it only consumes a few milliwatts of power, making it the ultimate battery-powered, on-device AI for point applications.

Himax WiseEye PalmVein offers high accuracy and stable liveness detection, significantly reducing spoofing and fraud with a FAR (False Acceptance Rate) of less than 1,000,000 and a FRR (False Rejection Rate) of less than 1% performance regardless of issues such as age, fingerprint quality, height or lighting that typically affect other authentication methods such as are vision and fingerprint-based systems. Additionally, PalmVein authentication offers a contactless, hygienic experience that verifies authentication in under 100 milliseconds. Its industry-leading low-power performance extends battery life up to 9 months with just 8 AA batteries. in everyday home use.Since its debut in early 2024, Himax’s WiseEye PalmVein technology has quickly caught on considerable customer interest and was adopted by the US customer for intelligent access control systems, and mass production is ongoing.

At CES, Himax will be showing a live demonstration of the enhanced WiseEye PalmVein package with dual-modal identification, which features palm vein and facial recognition, carefully designed to increase the flexibility of smart door locks regardless of environmental conditions, such as in extremely cold environments wearing gloves makes palm access control impossible, the system adapts seamlessly to enable facial recognition with keyboard input together, simplifying the two-step authentication process for continuous, reliable and enhanced security. This breakthrough in flexibility and intuitiveness demonstrates Himax’s leadership in biometric authentication technology, offering a versatile and secure solution for modern, battery-powered smart door locks. Furthermore, the versatile WiseEye Module , plug-and-play specifications simplify the integration of additional custom features, opening the future of multimodal authentication This capability reinforces security and user convenience, providing seamless, flexible access control across a wide range of environments and applications.

A smart door lock demonstration highlights how dual-modal biometric authentication with facial and vein recognition enhances security and user convenience. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience our breakthrough biometrics at our booth at The Venetian Las Vegas Hotel (3355 Las Vegas Boulevard S , Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) Venetian Tower Suite 34-208: Meeting or booth tour Please contact Himax at: Himax_CES2025@himax.com.tw to schedule.

About Himax Technologies, Inc

Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is a leading global provider of semiconductor solutions dedicated to display processing technologies. , laptops, mobile phones, tablets, automobiles, ePaper devices, industrial displays, etc. As the global automotive display technology market a market leader, the Company offers innovative and comprehensive automotive IC solutions, including traditional driver ICs, advanced in-cell touch and display driver integration (TDDI), local dimming timing controllers (Local Dimming Tcon), Large: Touch and Display Driver Integration (LTDI) and OLED display technologies.Himax is also a pioneer in the fields of tinyML visual-AI and the company’s industry-leading WiseEye™ Ultralow Power AI Sensing technology, which includes Himax ultra-low power AI processor, always-on CMOS image sensor and CNN-based AI algorithm, is widely used in consumer electronics and AIoT related applications.Himax optical technologies such as diffraction wafer level optics, LCoS micro-displays and 3D sensing solutions are essential to facilitate emerging AR/VR/metaverse technologies In addition, Himax designs and supplies touch controllers, OLED ICs, EPD ICs, and CMOS image sensors for a wide range of display applications.Established in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax currently employs approximately 2,200 people from three offices located in Tainan, Hsinchu and in Taipei, as well as from country offices in China, Korea, Japan, Germany and the U.S. As of September 30, 2024, Himax has 2,683 issued patents and 390 patents pending worldwide.

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Company contacts.

Eric Lee, Chief IR/PR Director
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Phone: +886-6-505-0880
Fax: +886-2-2314-0877
Email: hx_ir@himax.com.tw
www.himax.com.tw

Karen Tiao, Investor Relations
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Phone: +886-2-2370-3999
Fax: +886-2-2314-0877
Email: hx_ir@himax.com.tw
www.himax.com.tw

Mark Schwalenberg, Director
Investor Relations – US Representative
MZ North America
Phone: +1-312-261-6430
Email: HIMX@mzgroup.us
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