Microsoft patents iris ID method for unlocking smartphone and other devices
Microsoft recently patented technology relating to an iris identification method that could be used in the company’s future Surface smartphones,…
Biometric R&D
Biometric R&D refers to significant research and development in the biometrics sphere, from academia to applications. This includes market research, product development, awards recognition as well as new inventions and innovations.
Tencent AI research lab achieves record face recognition rate in MegaFace challenge
Tencent’s artificial intelligence research lab, YouTu Lab, has achieved a record-setting 83.29 percent recognition rate in the MegaFace challenge (Challenge1/FaceScrub…
Suprema granted fingerprint patent in South Korea
Suprema Inc. has received a patent in its home country of South Korea covering the outer structure of fingerprint recognition…
Researchers improve method to detect faces in a crowd from small images
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a method for detecting multiple faces in a crowd from small images with…
Crossmatch wins $5.8M IARPA contract
Crossmatch has been awarded a $5.8 million contract to develop next-generation presentation attack detection (PAD) technologies for the Intelligence Advanced…
NIST report reveals the difficulties of identifying faces in video images
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released an interagency report detailing the results of its Face in…
EPFL, Global ID developing 3D finger vein recognition system
EPFL’s Security and Cryptography Laboratory has partnered with startup Global ID to develop an encryption technique for processing biometric data…
Swiss research institute involved in U.S. gov’t biometric projects
Idiap Research Institute is working on two major biometric security projects for the U.S. government. Through its Swiss Center for…
Apple’s published patent hints at new voice biometrics feature for Siri
Apple’s recently published U.S. patent reveals a new Apple’s published patent hints at new voice biometrics feature for Siri that…
EyeLock patents technology to sequentially link iris and facial biometrics
EyeLock has been granted a U.S. patent for technology that links an iris image with a face image acquired in…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection