Viseums iVOS FacRec - Making peoples faces the worlds greatest security weapon against crime and terrorism.
Viseum Automated Person Recognition (VAPR)
Viseum Automated Person Recognition (VAPR) uses the most up-to-date technology to identify facial features and to match them with facial features stored in relevant “Suspects” databases. Most people have heard of ANPR Automated Number Plate recognition: this now brings that recognised and well-used system to the recognition of human beings.
Problems
- All types of face recognition systems have proven to have a low success rate due to the complexity of this technology, and this incompatibility between different cameras and recording media.
- The best face recognition systems can only recognise faces if their images are collected from the same CCTV camera model that re-captures them.
Solution
- Viseum has a reputation for solving problems with technology with trusted technical performance and reliability.
- The Viseum iVOS FacRec software: has the highest success rate proven throughout the world, and its images of faces are re-captured and collected independently of the make and model of any camera, or recording device.
The surveillance camera captures images and “identifies” the facial images. The system temporarily stores the facial image on a database for possible future use if an incident occurs , while simultaneously comparing the newly collected facial image with those held on relevant database(s) – mainly “suspect” databases of wanted or unsuitable persons in the case of Crime Prevention.
Through instant-matching capabilities, when a positive match occurs an alarm is automatically issued to either a control room or to an individual on a hand-held device for them to take appropriate action. Specific procedures are in place for the addition and removal of facial images to the database(s). The system is totally transparent to those whose images are being captured and all relevant information readily available as required by Data Protection legislation.
Image capture capability
During a recent Viseum Intelligent CCTV demonstration in a major international hotel in the UK, VAPR™ captured 270,000 facial images during a 3-day facial recognition test period. The Viseum CCTV system was active 24 hours a day and automatically captured persons entering and moving through the hotel foyer.
The system captured images of people, identified what was a facial image from the full scene and then stored and indexed that facial image.
Multiple still-images are captured of each person in order to build a better profile on the database and also for the software to anticipate a changing process e.g. glasses, beard, ageing etc.
Background Information
- Real-time indexing/detection from multiple video/stills sources
- Real-time/off-line matching/enrolment
- Unlimited faces/log data bases/watch lists
- Dual algorithm system
- Web reporting mechanism
- Flexible identity management
- Automatic face assignment
- Face/identity match and
- External API available
- Digital input/output (DIO) events support
VAPR allows multiple numbers of face recognition databases, tracking logs and watch lists. There is no software limitation on the number or size involved, thus allowing fast and easy searches of multiple databases at one time.
The facial recognition system was recently compared with one that had been installed in 2009 and which is currently operating in a major financial institution. The client was able to highlight significant advantages of the Viseum technology, including:
Adaptive and intuitive recognition
This allows automatic identification of the relevantand opens the pre-configured comparison database table. Depending on what may obstruct the face in a particular scene, different degrees of recognition accuracy can be set out. This allows for different settings, such as 50% accuracy as green identification, 50% – 90% as yellow and over 90% as red. The degree of accuracy can be predetermined so, for example, a specific operation may only look at over 80% accuracy.
Tried and tested out in the field
During comparison trials when up against other systems, the Viseum iVOS FacRec system captured at least a 4 times greater number than the nearest rival. It was also able to capture faces with half-hand coverage, which no other system could achieve.
In a live trial at a shopping mall during its highest seasonal shopping period, the system picked up over 700 re-identifications from black, white, coloured and all other skin variations, whereas the other systems picked up only two white faces in exactly the same period.
During the trial, a web cam was also attached to the technology to simulate the possibility of a more personal interface e.g. an ATM.
VAPR allows the user to manually compare the face from the database with the face just captured – allowing manual intervention.
(Under UK data protection legislation, manual intervention is required as opposed to a totally automated procedure).
Current live use
The software is currently in use in various parts of the world and in various sectors including:
- Multinational force & observers (MFO) – supervising the implementation of the security of the peace treaty between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel
- Brazilian military police
- Israeli police – Tedi football field
- South African international hotel
- Dubai police
- Haifa municipality, Israel
- Elbit systems
The software is not only used to counter security breaches and other threats, but also for a variety of ‘friendly’ requirements, such as:
- Finding missing persons
- Meeting and greeting valued customers
- ID age checks for licensed premises
- Pub, club and shop watch schemes
- Luxury car immobilisation
- Credit card ID checks
- ATM ID checks
- Authorisedaccess to sensitive secure areas
- Border and perimeter control
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