Invixium Establishes New Benchmarks in Touchless Biometrics
Invixium has accelerated the development and availability of two new touchless biometric solutions in response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. First is the enhancement of the company’s leading TITAN touchless biometrics device with a turnkey fever detection solution that notifies administrators when an individual seeking access to a facility or worksite has a high temperature. The second is the migration of Invixium’s TOUCH 2 biometric device to full touchless operation.
Alcatraz and Boon Edam Integration Delivers Touchless Access Control With Facial Recognition for Mantrap Portals Circlelock Units
Alcatraz, developer of secure frictionless access control products, and Boon Edam a global leader in security entrances and architectural revolving doors have announced an integration that delivers touchless access control with facial recognition for mantrap portal circle lock units, and similar entrance solutions used in a variety of industries. The Alcatraz Rock delivers a frictionless and secure physical access control platform.
Invixium Touchless Biometric Solutions Provide the Healthy Alternative for Workforce Management and Security
Invixium noted a significant rise in the demand for touchless biometric solutions even before the Coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. The touchless operation of Invixium’s multimodal, multifactor biometric solutions makes them even more relevant today. The need for touchless access control and workforce management biometric solutions is a new reality, which builds a new business case for the deployment of face recognition technology.
Vanderbilt Adds Third-party Biometric Readers to Ever-expanding Portfolio
Vanderbilt announced the addition of three ZKTeco Biometric readers into its access control portfolio. The latest addition to the ever-growing access control portfolio comes off the back of the launch of the company’s Bluetooth Low Energy readers, plus the inclusion of Akuvox’s IP Door Entry Phones into their collection of products. As with the BLE readers, the Biometric readers integrate with Vanderbilt’s access control ACT Enterprise software, version 2.10 or later.
Invixium Launches its Full Range of Biometric Solutions in South Africa
Invixium marked its official launch into South Africa with an exclusive private event in Johannesburg on September 18th, 2019. Hosted in collaboration with their distribution partner Pyro-Tech, the event was held at the Sandton Sun hotel, Johannesburg. The audience comprised of top Access Control Panel Manufacturers, local system integrators and security consultants, who were enlightened on the Invixium product offerings.
Introducing a Next-generation ATM with face recognition and QR code reader
Seven Bank, Ltd. and NEC Corporation hereby announce the development of a next-generation ATM, which has a facial recognition engine with the world’s No.1 certification accuracy. The ATM is to be installed and to replace old machines from this September. In recent years, technological innovations such as FinTech have led to the creation of new financial services.
Suprema Introduces Latest Access Control and Biometric Solutions at Security Exhibition & Conference 2019 in Australia
Suprema introduces the company’s latest range of biometric security solutions at Security Exhibition & Conference 2019 in Sydney, Australia. At the show, Suprema will showcase FaceLite, its latest facial recognition terminal, 2nd generation fingerprint IP readers and enterprise access control solutions. Launched at ISC West in April this year, Suprema extends introduction of the FaceLite in Australia. The FaceLite provides the world’s best facial recognition performance in terms of matching speed.
NEC Provides Facial Recognition System for Admission Control at EU Summit
NEC Corporation and its Romanian Branch office announced the provision of a facial recognition system for admission control at the EU Summit held in Sibiu, Romania on May 2019. From January to June 2019, Romania held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time, during which time the country was dedicated to strengthening security measures at important domestic events. NEC was selected by the Romanian Protection and Guard Service to provide NeoFace.
SkyBiometry Updates Cloud-Based Face Detection and Recognition API
SkyBiometry announced the release of the new version of its face detection and recognition algorithm. Significant enhancements make the algorithm much more accurate and allow for a wider range of facial attributes in the detection process. The latest face detection algorithm locates many more faces in varied and difficult conditions. The new version’s face recognition accuracy is five times higher when set at a low False Acceptance Rate.
NEC to Provide Customs Procedure System With Face Recognition for Six Major Airports in Japan
NEC Corporation has announced an order from Japan Customs, under the Ministry of Finance, for an electronic customs procedure system utilizing face recognition to be installed at the customs inspection areas of six major airports in Japan: New Chitose Airport, Narita International Airport, Haneda Airport, Chubu International Airport, Kansai International Airport and Fukuoka Airport. This electronic customs procedure system utilizes NEC’s face recognition technology.
Vision-Box Achieves Top Ranking on latest NIST’s Facial Recognition Vendor Test
Vision-Box has submitted their facial recognition algorithm to tests by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), outperforming other top competitors. NIST provides an independent assessment of facial recognition technology for industry, governments and law enforcement agencies across the globe. The latest benchmark covering 109 algorithms from over 63 providers has ranked Vision-Box´s algorithm within the top 15.
Unisys Unveils Stealth Biometric Identity Management Software For Establishing Trusted Humans
Unisys Corporation announced the availability of Unisys Stealth(identity)™, the company’s biometric identity management software for large-scale biometric enrollment processing supporting fingerprint, face, voice and iris recognition as well as behavioral biometrics, with the ability to integrate new biometric modalities in the future. Stealth(identity) automates the process of biometric enrollment—capturing and storing biometric data used to authenticate identities—and provides configurable application programming interfaces (APIs) for integrating biometric authentication across physical and digital channels, including mobile devices.
Drinker Biddle Lawyer Can Comment On Landmark Illinois Supreme Court Ruling On Biometric Privacy Law
In a landmark ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court today held that consumers can sue for violations of their privacy under the state’s biometric privacy law, even if no actual harm could be shown.
The case, Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp., concerned a 14-year-old boy who was asked to scan his thumb into a biometric data capture system before receiving a season pass to a Six Flags amusement park. The boy and his mother claimed they were not informed of the purpose and length of term for which his fingerprint had been collected and neither of them had signed a release for the taking of the biometric information, in violation of the state’s Biometric Privacy Information Act.
New Neurotechnology MegaMatcher 11 Multi-Biometric Product Line Includes Major Enhancements
Neurotechnology announced the release of the new MegaMatcher 11 line of biometric solutions, cloud technologies and software development kits (SDKs). The latest versions include major algorithm enhancements that improve accuracy, speed and interoperability across multiple biometric modalities: fingerprint, face, iris, voice and palmprint – any of which can be used alone or in combination. The algorithms in the new MegaMatcher 11 product line—which are among the top ranked in the NIST MINEX, PFT, FRVT and IREX evaluations—are available in a variety of formats.
IDS Iris Recognition Technology Solves Security Challenges For Auburn University’s Athletic Department
Princeton Identity announced that Alabama’s Auburn University has updated and expanded the biometric identity system it uses to secure areas within its athletic facilities. Princeton Identity’s new IDS software and Access200 iris readers allow student-athletes, coaches and other affiliated team members enrolled in the system to unlock the doors to team locker rooms by glancing at small reader panels mounted outside each entrance.
LumenVox Speaker Recognition Added To SmilePass
LumenVox LLC and SmilePass announce the availability of voice based biometric authentication within the SmilePass Identity and Authentication Platform. With the world’s attention being drawn daily to data breaches, identity thefts and hack attacks, being able to conclusively prove a remote consumer’s credentials are of paramount concern to businesses and governments alike.
StoneLock Unveils Next Generation Of Biometric Identity Management Solutions At GSX
StoneLock® announced at Global Security Exchange (GSX) the introduction of the StoneLock GO edge reader, the latest innovation in StoneLock facial recognition for enterprise physical access, and the next generation of the StoneLock True Frictionless Solution. Delivering a revolutionary step forward in biometric identity management, the StoneLock GO combined with the StoneLock Gateway brings a complete biometric-centric credentialing and access control solution to StoneLock customers, providing scalability, versatility, extended capture range, and speed for up to 20,000 face-only users.
NEC Biometrics Contribute To Security At The 18th Asian Games
NEC Corporation announced that it provided information and communications technology (ICT) systems for the 18th Asian Games, including a facial recognition system and a behavior detection system, as a supporting sponsor in the category of ICT security. The Asian Games are an international multi-sport event for athletes from across Asia that are held once every four years. This year’s event was held in Jakarta and Palembang in the Republic of Indonesia from August 18 to September 2.
NEC’s Facial Recognition Software Featured In Smartphones
NEC Corporation announced its provision of facial recognition software for use in “Stream System” smartphones manufactured and sold by Algerian electronics manufacturer Bomare Company (Bomare). The FIDO (Fast Identity Online) standard compliant software enables user authentication by facial recognition without sending biometric data from smartphones online. Bomare, which manufactures and sells smartphones, tablets, televisions and other electronic devices, has adopted NEC’s facial recognition software for use in a new Android OS smartphone.
Dahua Launches Dual-Biometric Identification Time Attendance Terminals
Zhejiang Dahua Technology has launched its new time attendance terminals: the DHI-ASA4214F and DHI-ASA6214F. These highly intelligent devices will support both face and fingerprint identification for access control and time attendance in office scenarios, enabling easy staff management and security control. Fingerprint or face identification devices is commonly seen in today’s workplace, but Dahua’s attendance terminals offer dual-biometric identification integrated into a single device.