| # Tencent Cloud PalmAI |
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| ## Overview |
| PalmAI is a contactless palm biometric authentication |
| service developed by Tencent Cloud... |
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| ## 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 |
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| Both modalities are processed simultaneously and fused |
| at the matching stage for higher accuracy. |
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| ## Input |
| - Infrared camera capture (no physical contact required) |
| - Works at distances of X cm |
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| ## Performance |
| - Can support 50M+ active users |
| - Can support 2B+ annual transactions |
| - Sub-second identification speed |
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| ## Use Cases |
| - Retail payments |
| - Transit access |
| - Smart building access control |
| - Healthcare KYC verification |
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| ## Deployment |
| Available via Tencent Cloud API. |
| Docs: https://palm.tencent.com |
