In addition it is familiar to the end user. For example, it enables Innoventry s RPM machines which offer automated check-cashing and other financial services using the face for securing the customer s assets and for eliminating identity fraud. Today, the Innoventry deployment is the largest commercial application of biometrics with about 800 machines in 18 states, serving a growing population of one million enrolled users. It is also in operation in several international airports, casinos, and other security installations. Human ID at a Distance program, whose overall goal is to promote major technological leaps in the state of the art of identification at a distance, a capability that is unique to facial recognition.
Sentinel initiates a search against a watchlist or database.
The addition of the facial recognition component in any CCTV system will not only greatly enhance the deterrence and investigative aspects but will also, for the first time, provide a technology based solution for dramatically improving the raw surveillance capabilities. Smart CCTV technology is not subject to the same challenges faced by human operators which include fatigue, distraction and a limited ability to recognize unfamiliar faces. These cameras automatically search for faces in the field of view and attempts to match them against a watchlist of known criminals. The Visionics Face Recognition Datablade detects faces in any standard image formats, converts them into internal digital codes which capture facial identity, and stores the codes in the Informix database for future searches. This is the largest paid use of facial recognition in an ID program.