Lumidigm

Lumidigm Inc. is a biometric company dedicated to enabling convenient, secure, and reliable identification and verification. Lumidigm powered sensors work because they produce high-quality images every time, in all conditions. Everyone can be enrolled. Everyone can be verified. Lumidigm also provides award-winning liveness protection. Lumidigm’s sensors are quick and easy to use — perfect for high-throughput deployments — and they can be integrated into any solution that requires identity management in the real world. With commercial partners, venture funding, and government sponsors, Lumidigm provides biometric identity management for civil ID, point-of-sale, time & attendance, physical and logical access, and portable electronic device applications.

Company History
Lumidigm’s technology was conceived with a simple observation in the area of noninvasive optical measurements. While working on non-invasive glucose medical monitoring equipment, Lumidigm scientists and engineers discovered that each person’s skin has a repeatable set of optical characteristics. The researchers discovered light passes through every human’s skin differently. Realizing the potential for significant advances in human identification, scientists further realized this technique worked equally well on any skin surface, including fingers, palms and forearms.

Based on these findings, Lumidigm, Inc. was established in July of 2001 as a privately held company. Lumidigm engineers have built and tested prototype biometric systems. Studies using hundreds of subjects over multiple-month periods of time, demonstrate that Lumidigm’s biometric performance is best of class. Lumidigm’s technology advantage is protected by numerous United States and International PCT patents and applications.

Location
Lumidigm is a U.S. company, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Home to Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico has one of the most intense research and development R&D environments in the nation. New Mexico also has numerous schools, universities, and colleges with strong R&D programs.

Albuquerque holds the Number 2 spot on Kiplinger’s 2009 Best Cities list for stable employment and job creation. New Mexico’s favorable business climate has made the state a magnet for technology-based companies. Drawn by an abundance of technology, talent, and venture capital, as well as the Southwest’s attractive lifestyle, many hi-tech companies call Albuquerque their home.

Facilities
Lumidigm’s facilities consist of offices and development laboratories, including an electronics prototyping lab, an optics lab, an assembly and rework area, a demonstration lab, and a human testing center.