Yet Mentis predicts the market will grow at a brisk 27% to 35% through 2000 as pattern recognition software improves, computers become better able to handle the power-hungry biometric applications and prices fall.

• 但mentis公司预测，随着模式识别软件的改进、计算机对极需处理能力的生物统计应用软件的处理能力的提高以及价格下降，到2000年该市场将以27%25到35%25的速度快速发展。