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Facial Recognition

A facial recognition system is a computer application for automatically identifying or verifying a person from a two- or three-dimensional digital image or a frame from a video source. It is typically used in security systems alone or in combination with other factors. Can also be used to perform liveness detection. Find facial recognition solutions here.

 

Polish bank developing multi-modal biometric authentication solution

Polish bank PKO BP has partnered with the Gdańsk University of Technology in northern Poland and Microsystem to develop a…

 

Privacy advocates pull out of U.S. facial recognition discussions

Privacy advocates announced today that they will abandon the U.S. government’s effort to establish voluntary protocols for facial recognition technology….

 

Digital Rights Movement report criticizes Israel’s national biometric database

The Digital Rights Movement has published a new report that criticizes the biometric database that Israel’s Interior Ministry is currently…

 

Japan’s anti-terrorism immigration control plan calls for facial recognition system

Japan’s Ministry of Justice has drafted a new five-year government immigration control plan that calls for greater efforts by the…

 

Securus patents facial recognition system for video visitation sessions

Securus Technologies announced it has received a U.S. patent for a facial recognition system that can electronically capture, analyze and…

 

Majority of US banking consumers prefer mobile biometric authentication over passwords: study

Telstra Global released a new report that reveals the majority of US consumers using mobile banking applications prefer their mobile…

 

CrimTrac seeks firm to add facial recognition capabilities to Australian fingerprints database

Australian crime data authority CrimTrac is seeking to add facial recognition capabilities to the national fingerprint database, which police and…

 

UK police defend use of facial recognition to identify criminals at music festival

A UK police force has defended the use of facial recognition technology to identify some 90,000 attendees at a music…

 

Morpho to provide automated passenger control gates for French airport

Morpho (Safran) announced it has signed an agreement to provide the Marseille Provence airport (AMP) with a new-generation of PARAFE…

 

Biometrics and banking, facial recognition and fingerprints favorite topics this week

Here’s a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Fingerprints Two of…

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