The Hamster Air is SecuGen’s new contactless USB fingerprint reader that is fast, secure, accurate and affordable.

  • An innovative compact fingerprint reader that scans a single fingerprint through the air without having to touch anything
  • Advanced contactless fingerprint technology offers a safe and secure experience for today’s evolving biometric needs
  • Touchless authentication, identification and verification functions that let your fingerprints act like digital passwords that cannot be lost, forgotten or stolen

Clean, safe, contactless biometrics

  • More hygienic way to scan a fingerprint without sacrificing the security and convenience of biometrics
  • No need to worry about contacting anything that has been touched by other users
  • Fast, touchless, clean experience
  • Excellent in multiple-user settings such as enrollment and check-in stations
  • Authenticate safely and securely by touching nothing but the air

Features

  • Touchless, contactless single-finger fingerprint scanning
  • Ideal for high traffic, multi-user environments where users prefer to not touch surfaces
  • Fast recognition of challenging and difficult fingerprints (dry, wet, scarred)
  • Fast and accurate verification
  • Readily accessible for any finger
  • Auto-On™ – automatic finger detection technology (when used with apps built with SecuGen SDKs)
  • Smart Capture™ – self-adjusting scanning technology (when used with apps built with SecuGen SDKs)
  • Device Recognition™ – device authentication technology (when used with apps built with SecuGen SDKs)
  • Fingerprint template encryption (when using SecuGen Proprietary template format)
  • Lightweight, portable, and small footprint similar to Hamster Pro 20
  • USB connection

Benefits of Using SecuGen Fingerprint Readers

SecuGen fingerprint readers are easy to use and can be installed quickly on any Windows PC. Backed by the industry’s best warranty, years of field use and proven reliability under extreme conditions, SecuGen fingerprint readers provide consistent performance and security for a growing number of software applications for desktop, mobile, network, enterprise and Internet environments.

When used for biometric authentication as part of an overall security program, SecuGen fingerprint readers can help reduce the hassles of password overload, decrease the risks of security breaches, improve accountability and add true non-repudiation, all while making it more convenient and intuitive for any user.

Look to SecuGen for advanced, fingerprint biometric technologies that let your fingerprints act like digital passwords that cannot be lost, forgotten or stolen.

Technical Specification

Technical Specifications:

Product Hamster Air
Model HU-AIR
Fingerprint Sensor (Type)
U-AIR (contactless)
Image Resolution 500 DPI
Image Size 500 x 700 pixels
Sensing Area 24.5 mm x 35.6 mm
Image Gray Scale 256 levels (8-bit)
Light Source Green LED
Smart Capture Speed 0.1 ~ 0.5 seconds
Biometric Standards/Specs INCITS 378, ISO/IEC 19794-2, ISO/IEC 19794-4
Dimensions 72.3 mm x 54.8 mm x 81.9 mm
Weight 125 g
Cable Length 1500 mm
Operating Temperature -20° ~ 65°C
Operating Humidity 90% of less RH, noncondensing
Interface USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Supply Voltage 5V (via USB)
Current Consumption (max.) 220 mA
Compliance FCC, CE, RoHS3
Other Features (when used with SecuGen SDKs) Auto-On™, Smart Capture™, Device Recognition™
Warranty One year limited
Supported Operating Systems Windows 11 / 10 / 8.1 / 7, Windows Server 2016 / 2012, Android 8.1 and above, Linux