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Cross Match works with Argentinean government
NEWS/COMMENT ...Continued from page 3 Gary James, business development director of Visimetrics, says, “Many of our casino clients indicated that a form of non-intrusive, reliable subject identification would be of significant benefit to them in dealing with the public.” Casinos have a vested interest, for compliance and commercial reasons, in identifying certain types of visitors on entry to the venue. “We knew from our experience of digital CCTV systems that the various forms of lighting within casinos create shadowing, reflection and glare. These effects have a significant impact on the reliability of facial recognition,” says James. Playerbook works by locating the 500-600 unique facial identifiers of individuals as they pass the IR sensor. Using an illumination and polarisation filter system, Playerbook is able to compare the detected facial identifiers with subjects already stored within the watchlist regardless of shadows, glare or reflection. The watchlist search is completed instantly. When there is a match between a subject entering the venue and the watchlist, Playerbook alerts staff immediately via the GUI, SMS or email.
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ulcrum Biometrics has launched the FbF mobileOne fingerprint biometric accessory and app for iPod touch. Pocket size and with a nine hour battery life, FbF mobileOne is suited to mobile identification systems such as biometric voter registration, on-site time and attendance for construction or farm workers and law enforcement warrant searches, according to Fulcrum Biometrics. FbF mobileOne uses AuthenTec’s TCEFC1 TouchChip silicon fingerprint module, which sends FIPS-201/PIV-certified fingerprint images to the FbF mobileOne App on iPod Touch for onboard processing, storage and forwarding. The FbF mobileOne App supports the embedded fingerprint scanner.
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Canadian police get real-time fingerprint and palm ID system
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orpho has deployed MorphoBIS, its next generation biometric identification system, in Canada to both the Calgary Police
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timodal technology combining finger vein and fingerprint biometrics. Suitable for authentication or identification, the terminals bring the benefits of finger vein/ fingerprint multimodality to physical access control systems. Morpho’s terminals are PoE (Power over Ethernet) and Wi-Fi capable and have received FBI PIV-IQS and IP 65 certifications. MorphoBIS: crime-solving tool integrates fingerprints and palm prints. (pic credit Guillaume Auboire/Morpho)
Service and the Edmonton Police Service. The Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) is a solution for investigation, identification and verification in law enforcement applications. The Calgary and Edmonton Police Services selected a biometric solution for rapid paperless responses, real-time identification, and biometric data exchanges. Following the merger of Morpho and Printrak in 2009, MorphoBIS incorporates their two technologies. MorphoBIS enables real-time identification of suspects and criminals. With its fused algorithms, workflows and features, it integrates fingerprints and palm prints. Separately Morpho has introduced the MorphoAccess VP Series, a range of physical access control terminals integrating its mul-
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Cross Match works with Argentinean government
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ross Match Technologies is to work with the Argentinean government to support the deployment of identity management systems throughout the country. Cross Match will provide guidance and expertise in fingerprint and palm print capture devices, multimodal biometric capture systems, document readers, software and associated professional services. It will help devise biometric security policies, train human resources, provide technical assistance, conduct research, and share best practices for biometric security programme development.
COMMENT Privacy is an issue at the heart of the biometrics debate. In the past month top Google executive Eric Schmidt has said Google had built but ‘withheld’ facial recognition technology and would not cross what he has described as the 'creepy line' in its use of facial recognition software. His comments came as it was revealed that Google has applied for a patent for software that would recognise ‘celebrity’ faces. It is unclear where celebrities stand in relation to Schmidt’s imaginary ‘creepy line’. It is also apparent that the location of the ‘creepy line’ shifts according to geography and culture, not to mention biometric modality. Indian citizens gaining access to financial support through biometric access to Aahdhaar, for example, may be more accepting of fingerprint biometrics than a parent of a UK schoolchild who feels that giving away their child’s biometric information to enable him or her to access
lunch is a step too far over the ‘creepy line’. Industry concerns about Schmidt’s comments centre on the negative association created around biometrics. Many in the industry, while welcoming debate about the face recognition and other biometrics technology, share concerns voiced publicly by Stewart Hefferman, CEO of OmniPerception that it would create negative connotations that the technology was flawed. In the same month, biometrics firms have had to content with the news that top academics have published a paper stating that the level of uncertainty in biometric systems remains high and it is often unclear how reliable systems will be in real-world implementations. Many within the industry can point to successful reliable implementations that are very much in the real world. And it is clear that they will have to be increasingly vocal about these successes if biometrics is to win hearts and minds. Tracey Caldwell
June 2011
mobile
Fulcrum Biometrics fingers iPod Touch
F
ulcrum Biometrics has launched the FbF mobileOne fingerprint biometric accessory and app for iPod touch. Pocket size and with a nine hour battery life, FbF mobileOne is suited to mobile identification systems such as biometric voter registration, on-site time and attendance for construction or farm workers and law enforcement warrant searches, according to Fulcrum Biometrics. FbF mobileOne uses AuthenTec’s TCEFC1 TouchChip silicon fingerprint module, which sends FIPS-201/PIV-certified fingerprint images to the FbF mobileOne App on iPod Touch for onboard processing, storage and forwarding. The FbF mobileOne App supports the embedded fingerprint scanner.
law enforcement
Canadian police get real-time fingerprint and palm ID system
M
orpho has deployed MorphoBIS, its next generation biometric identification system, in Canada to both the Calgary Police
12
Biometric Technology Today
timodal technology combining finger vein and fingerprint biometrics. Suitable for authentication or identification, the terminals bring the benefits of finger vein/ fingerprint multimodality to physical access control systems. Morpho’s terminals are PoE (Power over Ethernet) and Wi-Fi capable and have received FBI PIV-IQS and IP 65 certifications. MorphoBIS: crime-solving tool integrates fingerprints and palm prints. (pic credit Guillaume Auboire/Morpho)
Service and the Edmonton Police Service. The Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) is a solution for investigation, identification and verification in law enforcement applications. The Calgary and Edmonton Police Services selected a biometric solution for rapid paperless responses, real-time identification, and biometric data exchanges. Following the merger of Morpho and Printrak in 2009, MorphoBIS incorporates their two technologies. MorphoBIS enables real-time identification of suspects and criminals. With its fused algorithms, workflows and features, it integrates fingerprints and palm prints. Separately Morpho has introduced the MorphoAccess VP Series, a range of physical access control terminals integrating its mul-
industry
Cross Match works with Argentinean government
C
ross Match Technologies is to work with the Argentinean government to support the deployment of identity management systems throughout the country. Cross Match will provide guidance and expertise in fingerprint and palm print capture devices, multimodal biometric capture systems, document readers, software and associated professional services. It will help devise biometric security policies, train human resources, provide technical assistance, conduct research, and share best practices for biometric security programme development.
COMMENT Privacy is an issue at the heart of the biometrics debate. In the past month top Google executive Eric Schmidt has said Google had built but ‘withheld’ facial recognition technology and would not cross what he has described as the 'creepy line' in its use of facial recognition software. His comments came as it was revealed that Google has applied for a patent for software that would recognise ‘celebrity’ faces. It is unclear where celebrities stand in relation to Schmidt’s imaginary ‘creepy line’. It is also apparent that the location of the ‘creepy line’ shifts according to geography and culture, not to mention biometric modality. Indian citizens gaining access to financial support through biometric access to Aahdhaar, for example, may be more accepting of fingerprint biometrics than a parent of a UK schoolchild who feels that giving away their child’s biometric information to enable him or her to access
lunch is a step too far over the ‘creepy line’. Industry concerns about Schmidt’s comments centre on the negative association created around biometrics. Many in the industry, while welcoming debate about the face recognition and other biometrics technology, share concerns voiced publicly by Stewart Hefferman, CEO of OmniPerception that it would create negative connotations that the technology was flawed. In the same month, biometrics firms have had to content with the news that top academics have published a paper stating that the level of uncertainty in biometric systems remains high and it is often unclear how reliable systems will be in real-world implementations. Many within the industry can point to successful reliable implementations that are very much in the real world. And it is clear that they will have to be increasingly vocal about these successes if biometrics is to win hearts and minds. Tracey Caldwell
June 2011