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SecuGen Introduces the Unity™ 20 USB-S Plus – All-in-One Fingerprint System with Upgraded Template Capacity

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 10, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SecuGen Corporation, a world-leading provider of advanced optical fingerprint recognition technology, today announced the launch of the Unity 20 USB-S Plus, a high-capacity, all-in-one fingerprint recognition system designed to meet demanding biometric deployments across kiosks, ATMs, point-of-sale systems, industrial PCs, VDI/thin clients, and more.

Image caption: Unity 20 USB-S Plus with storage for up to 20k fingerprint templates.

As an expanded-capacity version of the recently released Unity 20 USB-S, which supports up to 200 fingerprint templates, the new Unity 20 USB-S Plus dramatically increases storage capacity — supporting up to 20,000 fingerprint templates. This leap in capacity enables large-scale, high-volume applications without reliance on external template databases.

The Unity 20 USB-S Plus integrates SecuGen’s flagship U20-ASFX-US module featuring the same rugged, high-quality U20-A optical sensor used in previous models. This all-in-one system captures, processes, matches, and stores fingerprint templates on-device — eliminating the need for an external PC. Its built-in processor and on-board storage handle enrollment, template extraction, 1:1 verification, and high-speed 1:N identification using SecuGen’s proprietary SecuSearch™ algorithm.

Communication with host equipment is via Serial-over-USB, and the system ships with a Fingerprint Management System (FMS) listener application. Developers and integrators can leverage the same FMS protocol used across SecuGen’s SDA and Unity product lines for seamless integration. For OEMs and system integrators looking for customization, the U20-ASFX-US sensor module and a Unity Developer Kit are available.

Like all SecuGen U20-based products, the Unity 20 USB-S Plus is FBI-certified for Mobile ID FAP 20, compliant with the PIV-071006 standard, and meets the image quality and interoperability requirements for PIV/FIPS 201 use.

KEY FEATURES:

Rugged, high image-quality fingerprint sensor with FBI certification and compliance with FIPS 201 / PIV / Mobile ID FAP 20 standards.
Patented SEIR-based optical sensor + Smart Capture™ — reliable fingerprint capture even for dry, moist, scarred, or aged fingers, or under challenging environmental conditions (e.g. bright sunlight).
Auto-On™ finger detection for seamless, intuitive user experience.
Built-in processor board with Linux-based OS — runs template enrollment, extraction, matching, and storage directly on-device.
Massive template storage — up to 20,000 templates — enabling large-scale biometric deployments without external template database.
High-speed matching: supports both 1:1 verification and 1:N identification using SecuSearch™ engine.
Serial-over-USB interface — easy to integrate with Windows, Linux, Android, and other platforms.
Out-of-the-box Fingerprint Management System (FMS) and full compatibility with SecuGen’s existing SDKs and peripheral ecosystem.

“We designed the Unity 20 USB-S Plus to meet the needs of large-scale, real-world deployments where storing on-device templates, fast identification, and rugged reliability are critical,” said Dan Riley, SecuGen’s Vice President of Engineering. “With support for 20,000 templates and onboard matching, the Unity 20 USB-S Plus further strengthens SecuGen’s position as a go-to provider of high-quality, developer-friendly fingerprint solutions.”

Won Lee, SecuGen’s CEO, added, “We are continually working on products and tools to assist our developer partners. This upgraded Unity 20 USB-S Plus is just the latest product in that regard. We remain focused and committed to building the best portfolio of products with the features needed by development organizations in the industry.”

The Unity 20 USB-S Plus is immediately available for resellers, system integrators, and authorized SecuGen partners worldwide. For more information, or to request a developer kit, please visit www.secugen.com or contact your SecuGen sales representative.

About SecuGen Corporation

SecuGen Corporation is a leading provider of fingerprint recognition technology for physical and information security. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in California, USA, SecuGen designs and develops FBI-certified fingerprint sensors, OEM components, development kits, biometric software, and ready-to-use PC peripherals. SecuGen products are trusted worldwide across industries including financial services, government, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and more. Known for durability, accuracy, and affordability, SecuGen is committed to continuous innovation, rigorous quality standards (ISO 9001:2015 certified), and robust developer support.

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SecuGen, TechMag, and Futura Partner Up to Help Modernize and Secure Brazilian Civil Police Procedures

SANTA CLARA, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- SecuGen Corporation, a leading provider of fingerprint biometric technology, announced a strategic partnership with Brazilian reseller partner TechMag and technological solutions developer Futura to help the Civil Police of Mato Grosso to authenticate and secure documentation produced during police inquiry processes.

Futura has developed a software solution that integrates with SecuGen's Hamster Pro 20 biometric scanning hardware, sourced by TechMag. This collaborative effort enables the police department to:

* Digitize and modernize their documentation workflows by streamlining operations, eliminating manual data entry, and improving efficiency.

* Increase security and authenticity of electronic documents by introducing robust security features, including fingerprint biometrics, to safeguard sensitive information and ensure document authenticity.

* Reduce costs, save resources, and improve processing time by eliminating paper-based processes and automating tasks.

"We are pleased to partner with Futura and TechMag to deliver this transformative solution for the Mato Grosso police department," said Jeff Brown, SecuGen's Vice President of Sales. "This solution significantly reduces operational costs for the Civil Police, estimated to be over USD 190K per year. This also allows the police to focus on their core functions with greater efficiency."

SecuGen Hamster Pro 20 scanners offer FBI-certified technology, ensuring high-quality fingerprint capture. With these scanners, the Mato Grosso Civil Police was able to introduce the digital fingerprint as an electronic signature for all documents produced during police procedures.

In addition to increasing the authenticity of documents, this approach also significantly improved operational efficiency. Now, fingerprint signatures of all parties involved in police procedures, including third parties, victims, interrogated individuals, and witnesses, can be electronically collected, reducing processing time and ensuring a robust chain of custody.

The partnership between Futura, TechMag, and SecuGen demonstrates how the application of innovative technologies can transform and modernize traditional processes, bringing tangible benefits in terms of security, efficiency, and resource savings.

About Futura

Futura is a leading company in technological solutions founded in 1986, with units in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul. As a partner of TechMag, Futura offers innovative products and solutions, constantly seeking updates through technological innovation.

About TechMag

TechMag is the Brazilian reseller partner of SecuGen Corporation, providing the full range of biometric scanners and software for the Brazilian market. Committed to excellence and cutting-edge technology, TechMag develops, manufactures, and markets equipment and solutions focused on biometrics.

About SecuGen

SecuGen Corporation (www.secugen.com) is a world-leading provider of advanced, optical fingerprint recognition technology, products, tools and platforms for physical and information security. SecuGen designs and develops FBI-certified fingerprint sensors and readers, OEM components, developer kits, and software, including NIST/MINEX-compliant algorithms. Known for high quality, ruggedness, and performance in a wide variety of applications and environmental conditions, SecuGen products are used by world-leading financial, medical, government, educational and corporate institutions and are sold through an extensive network of reseller partners including original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors and system integrators around the world.

Learn more: https://secugen.com/

SecuGen(R) is a registered trademark of SecuGen Corp. in the United States and other countries.

SecuGen Corporation, a leading provider of fingerprint biometric technology, announced a strategic partnership with Brazilian reseller partner TechMag and technological solutions developer Futura to help the Civil Police of Mato Grosso to authenticate and secure documentation produced during police inquiry processes.

Related link: https://secugen.com/

SecuGen Brings Unity to Connect:ID 2020

SANTA CLARA, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- SecuGen, a world leading optical fingerprint device and technology vendor, will be highlighting the Unity™ Biometric Development Platform (BDP) at the Connect:ID 2020 exhibition for next generation identity solutions. The Unity BDP is a versatile development platform that facilitates the creation of a wide array of fingerprint enabled biometric products, and Connect:ID is the ideal venue to showcase this exciting new platform.

Increasingly, customers are driving hardware device manufacturers to consider whether biometric security is appropriate for their products. SecuGen has now made it very easy to embed sophisticated fingerprint technology into many kinds of hardware products with its new Unity Biometric Development Platform.

The Unity BDP offers device manufacturers a flexible, expandable, and easy to use environment that provides a simplified way to embed fingerprint capability into various products such as access control devices, time & attendance machines, civil ID handheld devices, ATMs, industrial equipment, point of sale equipment, and much, much more.

With an integrated Linux development environment and embedded biometric fingerprint registration and matching functions, Unity BDP delivers efficiency of development in a very compact but powerful package.

SecuGen has used this same architecture as a springboard to accelerate the development of its own new products, which include both finished fingerprint readers and OEM modules. The Unity BDP underpins an expanding list of SecuGen's newest fingerprint readers like the Unity 20 Serial and Unity 20 USB, as well as the Unity 20 Ethernet and Unity 20 FIDO devices that will be released later this year. In addition, the Unity BDP serves as the basis for several of SecuGen's currently released and not yet released OEM fingerprint sensor modules such as the U20-ASF, U20-ASFX, U20-ASF-BT, U20-ASF-U, U20-ASF-SR, and U10-SF.

The Unity development platform provides engineering organizations with an FBI-certified FAP 10 or FAP 20 fingerprint sensor, NIST compliant template extraction and matching algorithms, and a set of tools that support both software and hardware expansion and speed up the development of new products. In addition to the ultra-compact sensor, the platform provides an open Linux system running on a 1 GHz CPU, and a modular design that easily accommodates standard interfaces such as serial, USB, Bluetooth, ethernet and more. Unity BDP includes an API that gives developers access to the template extraction and matching algorithms as well as the OpenSSL cryptographic library that allow for full, secure fingerprint biometric functionality within the very same device.

Using Unity BDP, many developers will find that there is no longer a need for a separate controller board since Unity BDP comes with its own fast processor, programmable Linux, and accessibility through common interfaces. This makes Unity BDP an ultra-compact, enormously capable, and affordable all-in-one biometric platform built upon SecuGen's renowned high-quality optical fingerprint sensor.

Developers are invited to learn more about the Unity BDP by visiting SecuGen's booth #542 at Connect:ID 2020 in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. on March 11th and 12th.

"We began work on the Unity BDP to advance the development of one of our new products," stated Jeff Brown, VP of Sales and Marketing for SecuGen. "As we proceeded, it became clear that this architecture would enable our partner's product development as well. Relentless effort by our engineering team has enabled us to go far beyond delivering a simple fingerprint sensor like in the past. Now, Unity BDP delivers a comprehensive set of tools that allow developers to create fingerprint enabled products quickly and efficiently. This platform is revolutionary."

VP of Engineering Dan Riley added, "Our engineering team has come up with a new approach to delivering world class OEM sensors. Unity BDP is not just a sensor, it is an entire development platform that is both software and hardware expandable. The uses for this platform are nearly limitless, and it represents an enormous leap in OEM fingerprint technology."

Won Lee, CEO of SecuGen, said, "For nearly the entire lifetime of SecuGen, we have focused exclusively on delivering to our partners the tools they need to compete successfully in this highly competitive industry. Unity BDP is the culmination of a decade of effort. We are very proud to be able to deliver the first product of its kind, a complete biometric development platform that is top-of-the-line, compact, and still, amazingly affordable."

About SecuGen

SecuGen Corporation (secugen.com) is the world's leading provider of advanced, optical fingerprint recognition technology, products, tools and platforms for physical and information security. SecuGen designs and develops FBI-certified fingerprint readers and OEM components, developer kits and software, including NIST/MINEX-compliant algorithms.

For over 20 years, SecuGen has been a driving force committed to delivering high quality, innovative, rugged, and price-performing products for a wide variety of applications such as insurance and banking, medical and health care, point of sale, logical and physical access control, mobile devices, AFIS and law enforcement, national ID, voter registration, SIM card authentication, fleet management, and many more.

SecuGen products are used by world-leading financial, medical, government, educational and corporate institutions and are sold through an extensive partner network of reseller partners including original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors and system integrators in North America, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, Europe, and Asia.

Learn more: https://secugen.com/

SecuGen® is a registered trademark of SecuGen Corp. in the United States and other countries

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*Photo caption: Unity Biometric Development Platform integrated into OEM fingerprint sensors.

SecuGen, a world leading optical fingerprint device and technology vendor, will be highlighting the Unity™ Biometric Development Platform (BDP) at the Connect:ID 2020 exhibition for next generation identity solutions.

Related link: https://secugen.com/

SecuGen to Demonstrate the U20-ASFX, Fast, High Capacity OEM Fingerprint Sensor at Connect:ID 2020

SANTA CLARA, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- SecuGen, a world leading optical fingerprint device and technology vendor, is pleased to announce that they will be demonstrating the newly released U20-ASFX, a high capacity, fully programmable, FAP 20 compliant OEM fingerprint sensor module, at the Connect:ID exhibition in Washington, D.C. next month.

The U20-ASFX is a standalone fingerprint sensor module designed for OEM developers to embed into a wide variety of hardware products that require fingerprint biometric functionality. It comes preloaded with SecuGen's Fingerprint Management System software that allows it to be used right out of the box to capture fingerprint images, extract templates, enroll, search and match fingerprints all in one device.

The U20-ASFX can store up to 20,000 fingerprint templates, which means 10,000 users can be supported on one device at 2 templates per user. This new high-capacity fingerprint sensor module is another product based on SecuGen's Unity architecture that combines SecuGen's top-of-the-line, FBI certified optical fingerprint sensor with a fully programmable single board computer built right into the compact sensor package. This revolutionary architecture facilitates the design and development of powerful new fingerprint readers and fingerprint sensor modules that are smarter, more secure, and more capable than most other OEM fingerprint modules in the market.

The core of the U20-ASFX sensor module is the rugged, high image quality U20-A optical fingerprint sensor that meets the rigorous FAP 20 image quality standard and is certified by the FBI for FIPS 201 PIV and Mobile ID applications. The U20-ASFX features an integrated Single Board Computer having a 1 GHz CPU, a fully programmable Linux system, SecuGen's fingerprint matching SDK with NIST MINEX compliant algorithms, and OpenSSL cryptographic libraries. All these are integrated into a compact package that is just barely 1 cubic inch in size.

The U20-ASFX, like other members of the Unity product line, provides the tools and technologies that allow for the rapid and efficient development of a wide variety of embedded fingerprint solutions where high quality, rugged design, and affordability are key factors.

Jeff Brown, VP of Sales and Marketing for SecuGen stated, "The U20-ASFX optical fingerprint sensor module is an evolutionary step from the U20-ASF. The U20-ASFX expands the template capacity of the previous version by a factor of 10. The Integration of a Single Board Computer with our FAP 20 certified fingerprint sensor module and with an open Linux development environment, makes this product enormously powerful and possibly unique in the industry. Combining all of this with a low price and compact size has been a major win for our partners."

"The SecuGen engineering team has delivered a significant improvement to our flagship OEM sensor while being able to keep the cost low," commented VP of Engineering Dan Riley. "Our team has responded to our partners' requirements and are very excited about the U20-ASFX."

Won Lee, CEO of SecuGen, added, "Our focus has not changed from when we started the company over 20 years ago. We work hard to deliver to our OEM partners the high-quality products and tools needed to compete successfully in diverse fields that benefit from biometric technologies. The U20-ASFX is a perfect example of this focus. We are very proud of the outcome."

SecuGen will be demonstrating the U20-ASFX in booth #542 at Connect:ID in Washington DC from Wednesday, March 11 through Thursday, March 12, 2020.

About SecuGen

SecuGen Corporation (https://secugen.com) is the world's leading provider of advanced, optical fingerprint recognition technology, products, tools and platforms for physical and information security. SecuGen designs and develops FBI-certified fingerprint readers and OEM components, developer kits and software, including NIST/MINEX-compliant algorithms.

For over 20 years, SecuGen has been a driving force committed to delivering innovative, high quality, rugged, and price-performing products for a wide variety of applications such as insurance and banking, health care, point of sale, logical and physical access control, mobile devices, national ID, voter registration, SIM card authentication, fleet management, and many more.

SecuGen products are used by world-leading financial, medical, government, educational and corporate institutions and are sold through an extensive partner network of reseller partners including original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors and system integrators in North America, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, Europe, and Asia.

Learn more: https://secugen.com

SecuGen is a registered trademark of SecuGen Corp. in the United States and other countries.

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*Photo caption: U20-ASFX All-in-one Standalone Fingerprint System.

SecuGen, a world leading optical fingerprint device and technology vendor, is pleased to announce that they will be demonstrating the newly released U20-ASFX, a high capacity, fully programmable, FAP 20 compliant OEM fingerprint sensor module, at the Connect:ID exhibition in Washington, D.C. next month.

Related link: https://secugen.com/

SecuGen Files Patent for New Optical Fingerprint Technology

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 25, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SecuGen is pleased to announce that it has filed an application for a new patent at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This new patent allows for the development of much more compact optical fingerprint readers and incorporates both scattering and absorption methods of fingerprint imaging in unique ways.

This patent is being implemented in a new line of SecuGen fingerprint readers. The first of these fingerprint readers is soon to be released and will be available worldwide through SecuGen's network of OEM, ISV, and Systems Integrator partners.

SecuGen is a world leading optical fingerprint products manufacturer. The SecuGen brand is known for products that are rugged, accurate, and affordable. This new patent is instrumental in giving SecuGen the ability to design a new product that is very compact and yet captures very high quality images.

Dan Riley, SecuGen's VP of Engineering stated, "Our engineering team is always trying to improve our products with the goal in mind of delivering the types of devices that our partners require. In this case that means a product that is FAP 20 certified, incredibly compact and priced to sell."

Won Lee, CEO of SecuGen added, "From the day we were founded in 1998 we have never stopped innovating. Now SecuGen has developed an important new patent that allows us to design and manufacture a new product that targets our 'sweet spot.' We have always been known as a company that can deliver rugged, accurate, and affordable fingerprint readers. Today we can add small and compact to that description."

About SecuGen:

SecuGen Corporation ( http://www.secugen.com/ ) is the world's leading provider of advanced, optical fingerprint recognition technology, products, tools and platforms for physical and information security. SecuGen designs and develops FBI-certified fingerprint readers and OEM components, developer kits and software, including NIST/MINEX-compliant algorithms. Known for high quality, ruggedness, and performance in a wide variety of applications and environmental conditions, SecuGen products are used by world-leading financial, medical, government, educational and corporate institutions and are sold through a partner network of over 200 original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors and system integrators around the world.

SecuGen(R) is a registered trademark of SecuGen Corp. in the United States and other countries.

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