Amazon implemented a biometric payment system on a hand wave

2019: Amazon implemented a biometric payment system on a hand wave

At the beginning of September, 2019 it became known of implementation of scanners by Amazon company for a biometric payment system on a hand wave. This equipment is installed in Whole Foods supermarket chain.

The technology is tested by the staff of the New York offices Amazon as at a pilot stage it was implemented in vending machines of the company for sale of such goods as carbonated drinks, chips, bars and chargers for phones. Hi-tech sensors differ from fingerprint scanners and do not demand from users of physical contact with the surface of scanning.

Declared to Amazon implementation of scanners for a biometric payment system on a hand wave

Instead they use computer vision and space geometry to process the received image and to define a form and the size of each hand. These biometric data will be tied to the debit or credit card of the buyer, and a system with the code name Orville will allow clients with Amazon Prime accounts a wave of a hand to pay for purchases.

Amazon expects to bring this technology into commercial operation in several shops Whole Foods by the beginning of 2020 and finally to extend technology of superfast orders in all outlets of the USA. Speed of deployment will depend on that, how fast Whole Foods will be able to install scanners and to train employees.

While normal transaction on the card usually borrows from three to four seconds, the new technology of Amazon can process the image less than for 300 ms. The less time leaves on payment and the less it is connected with physical media, the more money is inclined to be left the buyer in shop. In this case Amazon hopes to urge on users a complete elimination of physical contact not only with money, but also with the scanner.^[1]

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