Tencent Cloud PalmAI

Overview

PalmAI is a contactless palm biometric authentication service developed by Tencent Cloud...

Architecture

PalmAI uses a dual-modal approach combining:

• Palm print recognition — surface-level skin texture, lines and contours
• Palm vein recognition — subcutaneous vein patterns captured via infrared cameras

Both modalities are processed simultaneously and fused at the matching stage for higher accuracy.

Input

• Infrared camera capture (no physical contact required)
• Works at distances of X cm

Performance

• Can support 50M+ active users
• Can support 2B+ annual transactions
• Sub-second identification speed

Use Cases

• Retail payments
• Transit access
• Smart building access control
• Healthcare KYC verification

Deployment

Available via Tencent Cloud API. Docs: https://palm.tencent.com