NEC facial biometrics takes first place
21 January, 2010
category: Biometrics, Government
NEC Corp., a developer of new technologies including biometric and other security technology, has announced they received first place in the Still-Face Dataset of the Multiple Biometric Grand Challenge for their face recognition technology. The challenge was carried out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and included testing of the technology in anticipated real-world scenarios such as compressed images and images taken in poor lighting.
Due to the variety of government agencies supporting the challenge outside of Homeland Security, including the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Defense, NEC is elated by the award both for their own business as well as the market for facial recognition in general.
NEC’s winning technology posted a false acceptance rate of 2.1%, a false rejection rate of .1% and operates by utilizing a number of personal facial characteristics from different lighting and viewpoints.