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How Do Vein Recognition Time Clocks Work?

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As time theft and compliance risks become top priorities for your software users, many will start expressing interest in biometric time clock options. However, not all biometric systems are the same.  

Palm vein recognition is a leading choice, among other biometric methods on the market. 

In this article, we’ll dive into what makes palm vein recognition so secure and outline some of its other key advantages for time collection. 

What is Palm Vein Scanning and How Does it Differ from Other Biometric Scans

Most biometric time clocks capture only surface-level features. But a true palm vein authentication system—like ATS’s Only|You Palm for the stride80 time clock—works differently.  

This advanced palm vein biometric scan goes below the skin’s surface. It sees the unique vein patterns based on thickness, depth, layout, and density, identifying thepalm vein scanning underlying vascular structure.

During the enrollment process, the Only|You Palm software converts and encrypts this information into a digitally encoded template. This digital code is a highly complex and secure code that can’t be reconstructed. 

By adding Only|You Palm to your solution, payroll costs don’t get bloated, preventing fraudulent time entries and improving compliance. 

 

Advantages of a Touch-less Palm Vein Authentication System

A palm vein authentication system offers a range of benefits that go beyond traditional handprint or touch-based time clocks. 

Unlike standard hand scanners that require employees to press their palms against a scanner—a palm vein scanner can authenticate the enrolled user without direct contact. This touchless method used by Only|You Palm on the stride80 helps lower the risk of germs spreading and speeds up the clock-in process, making it a more hygienic and efficient option. 

Additionally, because palm vein authentication requires employees to be physically present, attendance records become more reliable. This system makes buddy punching impossible, significantly improving payroll accuracy and supporting compliance by ensuring attendance records reflect actual time worked. 

A near touchless time clock using palm vein technology is the apex of secure, accurate, and hygienic biometric time tracking. For businesses prioritizing security, cleanliness, and payroll accuracy, a time clock with touchless palm vein recognition provides an excellent solution. 

 

How to Integrate stride80 and Palm Vein Recognition with Your Solution 

To implement a palm vein recognition system effectively, you need seamless integration with your time tracking solution.  

Us at Accu-Time Systems offer three ways to integrate the stride80 with Only|You Palm smoothly with your back-end solution.  

#1 Hardware Only  

With this option, you get the stride80 time clock and Only|You Palm software.

Your development will build the time collection software and the integrations between it and the palm vein recognition software and your solution.

This option is the most complex and time-consuming integration path. 

#2 Hardware & Software 

The ATS team will take much of the integration grunt work out of your teams' hands with this option. When you select the hardware and software solution, you get: zpvr ui

  • The stride80 time clock with Only|You Palm software
  • Our time collection software, TimeCollect, pre-installed and integrated with Only|You Palm.  

Since you don’t need to build your own time clock collection application, this pathway simplifies and lowers your burden.

#3 Full Cloud Solution 

AccuCloud® is our cloud-based time and attendance tracking solution designed for easy integration with HCM and ERP systems. This integration option takes most of the work out of your team’s hands. With the complete AccuCloud system, you get: 

  • The stride80 time clock with Only|You Palm 
  • Installed and pre-configured time collection application (TimeCollect) on the clock.  
  • A unique instance for your customers hosted by ATS. 
  • Monitoring tools so your team has real-time oversight into clock health and punches in real time.  

As a complete biometric time tracking solution, AccuCloud provides you with the easiest and quickest way to market, AccuCloud does not require you to add any additional resources to your team, you don’t even need to touch or see a clock... it is that simple. 

If you’re ready to see how palm vein biometric identification could enhance your solution’s capabilities, we’d be happy to provide a live demo. Fill out the form below to request a demo!

 

Biometric Usage: Growing concerns over the privacy and security of biometrics are driving government regulations surrounding the definition of personal data and how to protect it. These regulations vary from country to country, state-to-state, and in some cases city by city. Most often the governing regulations are dictated based on the location where the information is being collected. It is important to understand the local regulations in the geographic areas in which you operate. If you are uncertain regarding your regulatory obligations, we encourage you to consult with your legal counsel.