Animetrics has joined forces with forces with security and surveillance specialist View Systems Inc. to provide a new level of security screening. Animetrics’ 3D facial recognition technology will be incorporated into View Systems’ concealed weapons detection program for use in correctional facilities and public infrastructures like stadiums, courthouses and schools. The new 3D facial recognition […]

Brazilian biometric technology and service provider Griaule Biometrics has released the 2.0 version of its Griaule Biometric Framework biometric cloud service. This new release incorporates cloud and local services on its user interface to integrate biometric information into any application. The framework can enroll fingerprint, face and voice biometrics, and it has the capability to […]

Animetrics has announced its selection – along with partner DataWorks Plus – by the Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) to spearhead a new facial biometric program for state police and sheriff departments. The partnership with JNET will assist state law enforcement in identifying suspects or witnesses from both video and photo surveillance footage. Animetrics’ ForensicaGPS is […]

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office in Maine has invested in facial recognition technology to uncover possible scofflaws, reports The Portland Press Herald. The county bought a facial recognition software system from Dynamic Imaging Systems that will enable them to take photos of suspects and compare them to a database of inmates’ photos to see if […]

The North Dakota Department of Transportation has invested in facial recognition software that it uses in conjunction with its driver’s license division, reports The Bismarck Tribune. The software, purchased in 2010, helps the state identify people who have more than multiple licenses or IDs under multiple names. The rise of fraud and identity theft led […]

At a July hearing on facial recognition technology, Minn. Sen. Al Franken expressed his concerns about the technology and its possible abuse by the government and law enforcement agencies. Franken, who serves as chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, feels that facial recognition technology poses “acute privacy concerns that […]

New Hampshire-based Animetrics, a 3D facial recognition and identity management company, is opening a new office in Washington D.C. this month. The office will focus on research and development, strategic partnerships and business development in the federal sector. This office will house Animetrics’ new software development team that will work on mobile application and cloud […]

The Canadian company Lumenera and Japanese firm Tamron have partnered to create a new camera that has now received the FIPS 201 certification to meet specifications for PIV requirements for facial image capturing systems. The Lu375C camera is a USB 2.0, 3.1MP color camera. Its digital interface provides uncompressed images in still image captures. It […]

Additions include derived credentials, adding photo to chip, more contactless functionality Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications The revised draft of FIPS 201-2 has been released and several additions have been made from the March 2011 draft. Some of the more significant changes include: Adding a mandatory facial image to the smart card Additional functionality of […]

New Hampshire-based 2D-3D facial-recognition technology developer Animetrics Inc. introduced a server-based facial recognition technology which uses biometrics to enhance and improve the facial resolution in photos or video surveillance footage, reports Mass High Tech. The software application, called ForensicaGPS, is geared toward law enforcement and intelligence agencies to help them better identify suspects. The software […]