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NEC (stock info) is the global leader in the field of biometric authentication, bringing the best of their class in the world, providing the most suitable solutions to customers’ needs in six areas—face recognition, iris recognition, fingerprint/palmprint recognition, voice recognition and ear acoustic authentication. In addition, by combining multiple biometric authentication systems, NEC’s solutions bring about even more robust security, creating a safe, secure and seamless future cities.
NEC Biometrics News
DHS S&T hosting demonstration of high-throughput biometric systems
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced it will host a demonstration of biometric capabilities…
| Apr 18, 2019 | NEC and Nagasaki University partner for global health and biometric authentication programNEC Corporation has partnered with Nagasaki University to establish a program on global health and biometric authentication for Nagasaki University’s… |
| Apr 4, 2019 | NEC develops privacy and rights principles for applying biometrics and other AINEC Corporation has published a set of core principles for the application of biometrics and artificial intelligence with respect for… |
| Mar 20, 2019 | NEC partners to launch retail insight services powered by biometrics and AINEC Corporation and Macromill, Inc. have announced the joint development of a set of consumer insight marketing services that leverage… |
| Mar 19, 2019 | Atos develops access control system to manage biometric screening for Olympic participantsDigital transformation company Atos has developed an Advanced Access Control System (AACS) to integrate and manage NEC’s facial recognition system… |
| Mar 13, 2019 | NEC biometric tech selected for Narita Airport’s curb-to-gate identification automation systemNEC will provide its NeoFace facial recognition AI engine for the new biometric check-in to boarding system being introduced by… |
| Mar 7, 2019 | NEC participating in SXSW 2019 with biometric art exhibitNEC Corporation announced it is hosting an art exhibit at this year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) that will apply a… |
| Mar 6, 2019 | Little overlap between NIST facial recognition testing leaders and U.S. government providersWired is asking “Why Chinese Companies Plug a U.S. Test for Facial Recognition” in an article highlighting the placement of… |
| Mar 4, 2019 | Airport deployments of facial recognition in Asia-Pacific continue rapid growthBiometrics deployments for air traveler identification in the Asia-Pacific region are taking off, with several airports updating their roll-out plans… |
| Feb 25, 2019 | NEC facial recognition technology behind new biometric ATMs in TaiwanNEC Corporation announced today that Taiwanese financial institution E. SUN Commercial Bank has deployed biometric ATMs featuring NEC’s facial recognition… |
| Feb 15, 2019 | NEC technology deployed for Japanese digital security project in Ivory CoastLast week a delegation from the Japanese Ministry of the Interior and Communications assessed an Ivory Coast tech project underway… |
| Feb 11, 2019 | NEC person re-identification tech matches images of people partially hidden from camerasNEC announced the development of what it calls “Person Re-identification Technology” that is capable of matching images of people whose… |
| Jan 17, 2019 | NEC provides demo real-time facial recognition system for 5G labNEC has announced that the DOCOMO 5G Open Lab OKINAWA has provisioned a demo facial recognition system leveraging Multi-access Edge… |
| Jan 3, 2019 | NEC acquires Danish IT company KMD to deliver biometrics to public sectorNEC Corporation has acquired Danish IT company KMD, along with its holding company KMD Holding ApS, to accelerate its global… |
| Jan 2, 2019 | NEC updates facial recognition software with protection functionalityNEC has developed a new function in its Neoface Watch suite which will hide any unmatched/unknown individuals captured in any… |
| Dec 19, 2018 | NEC weighs in on regulation of facial recognition and urges biometric industry dialogueThe debate around government regulation of facial recognition and how the industry can responsibly protect people from discrimination, invasions of… |
| Nov 30, 2018 | NEC providing facial recognition for automated check-out in Japan convenience store pilotSeven-Eleven Japan is planning to open a “cashierless” convenience store leveraging facial recognition technology from NEC for customer self check-out,… |
| Nov 28, 2018 | South Wales Police facial recognition system accuracy improving but in-the-wild results lagImprovements to the facial recognition system used by South Wales Police has raised the technology’s effectiveness to confirmed match rates… |
| Nov 21, 2018 | NEC and NPS to showcase safe city solutions at International Security Expo 2018NEC Europe and Northgate Public Services (NPS) announced its participation in this month’s International Security Expo 2018 taking place in… |
| Nov 12, 2018 | NEC featuring biometrics-based travel concept at FTE Asia Expo 2018NEC is showcasing its Smart, Secure and Seamless Travel concept this week at Future Travel Experience (FTE) Asia Expo 2018… |
NEC White Papers
Finding a face in a crowded arena
Face recognition has improved leaps and bounds in the last five years. From a technology once associated with science fiction…
| Oct 16, 2018 | How digital technology can be the difference in making cities safer |
