NILT and Trinamix offer miniaturized, high security face authentication
Collaboration enables high-volume mass production of ultracompact hardware for integration of face authentication into all kinds of consumer electronics.
Trinamix and NIL Technology (NILT) have entered a partnership that is bringing ultracompact and secure face-unlock and 3D depth mapping technology to mass market. The powerful combination of NILT’s small-scale, high-efficiency meta-optics, and the sophisticated algorithms from Trinamix has resulted in a miniaturized solution, with highly reliable anti-spoofing technology, ready for integrating into automotive, smartphones and next generation consumer electronics.
Trinamix Face Authentication fulfills the highest biometric security requirements defined by the International Internet Finance Authentication Alliance (IIFAA), the FIDO Alliance and Android (Google). It has thus been approved for Android integration and for use with particularly high security demands such as digital payment processes. Its unmatched performance is based on the underlying patent-protected algorithms that verify a person’s liveness by checking for human skin. Thanks to the new approach, Trinamix Face Authentication is the first solution to also pass these certifications while the hardware is invisibly mounted behind OLED.
For Trinamix Face Authentication, it is NILT’s technology that enables invisible sensing in an extremely small and compact form factor. NILT integrates a 2-in-1 dot-flood-projector single-surface (1M) meta-optics element (MOE) into a projector module. This design not only streamlines the module but also enables an exceptionally compact package and low-z height architecture, essential in consumer electronics, wearables, in-cabin automotive applications. Furthermore, NILT’s capabilities – vertical integration from design to mass production – provide a unique platform for delivering a high-quality and robust module in this game-changing system.
At Photonics West both companies showcased the state-of-the-art version of the solution at their booths. There, NILT – which was recently acquired by Radiant Opto-Electronics – won the Prism Award 2025 for its metaEye ultracompact metalens-based camera in the Best Camera and Imaging System category.
