A Maryland company is making waves in the cyber-security industry with technology that relies on facial recognition - not numbers and letters - to grant access to secure computer networks.
SAN DIEGO -- ImageWare Systems, Inc. (AMEX:IW), a world leading developer and provider of identity management solutions, today announced that the Ogden City UT Police Department has selected the company's facial recognition and digital composite sketching technology as part of its large-scale suspect identification initiative, which also includes an Automated...
The fusiform gyrus FG, or occipitotemporal gyrus, is thought to subserve the processing and encoding of faces. Of note, several studies have reported that patients with schizophrenia show deficits in facial processing. It is thus hypothesized that the FG might be one brain region underlying abnormal facial recognition in schizophrenia....
Biometrics is used for human recognition which consists of identification and verification. The terms differ significantly. With identification, the biometric system asks and attempts to answer the question, "Who is X?" In an identification application, the biometric device reads a sample and compares that sample against every record or template...
STAMFORD, Conn. -- L-1 Identity Solutions (NYSE: ID), a leading provider of advanced technology identity solutions, today announced a $1.775 million contract award from the Department of Homeland Security DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Division to develop facial recognition technology for the FAMS Tactical Information Sharing System TISS. TISS is...
PITTSBURGH -- Wizzard Software (OTCBB:WIZD) announced today that the Ontario-based Acsys Biometrics has licensed AT&T's Natural Voices speech engine for use in their facial recognition products. Acsys Biometrics is a leading provider of neural technology, which consists of technology that emulates the analytical processes of the human mind. Ideal for...
MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq:IDNX) announced today that it received an initial order under a multi-year contract with an unidentified customer to license Identix' FaceItR facial recognition software for integration into custom gaming applications tied to verification of individual gaming clientele identities. Specific customer applications that will incorporate Identix'...
GREENBELT, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 26, 1998--On January 6, 1999, Maryland Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend announced a collaborative effort among the University of Maryland High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area HIDTA Research Program, Lau Technologies, and the Department of Defense to bring facial recognition technology to the State of Maryland.
MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq:IDNX) announced today that it has received orders valued at approximately $4 million from the U.S. Department of State DoS to supply and integrate additional biometric knowledge discovery engines (ABISTM) into DoS' recently launched visa processing programs. These orders, which include the exercise of the...
MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Contract From Office of Naval Research Valued at Approximately $1.6 Million; Includes Fusion of Multiple Facial and Skin Recognition Algorithms, Integration of Technological Advances
LOS ANGELES -- Neven Vision, developer of the world's leading facial recognition, tracking and detection software, has joined the Texas Instruments TI Digital Signal Processing DSP Third Party Network. Neven Vision's software -- which runs on digital imaging hardware such as digital and closed circuit television CCTV cameras -- is...