ADVISORY/NEC Prototypes Face and Fingerprint Recognition Products At Police Conference in San Diego.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Saturday (Nov. 11) SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE) NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Technologies will unveil three new biometrics products at this year's International Association of Chiefs of Police
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) was founded in Chicago in 1893 as the National Chiefs of Police Union. (IACP IACP International Association of Chiefs of Police IACP International Academy of Collaborative Professionals IACP International Association of Culinary Professionals IACP Istituto Autonomo Case Popolari IACP International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists ) Conference. For the first time ever, NEC will demonstrate prototypes of three new technologies: NT AFIS, RangeFinder, and Remote Access Positive ID, or RaPID. NT AFIS is NEC's new Automated Fingerprint Identification System Automated Fingerprint Identification System (or AFIS) is a system to automatically match one or many unknown fingerprints against a database of known prints. This is done for various reasons, not the least of which is because the person has committed a crime. (AFIS) that features the same powerful fingerprint identification capabilities as the more expensive AFIS systems, but in a smaller, more affordable PC-based version. NT AFIS will finally bring NEC's advanced AFIS technology to small police departments around the country. RangeFinder is a facial recognition system A facial recognition system is a computer application for automatically identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video source. One of the ways to do this is by comparing selected facial features from the image and a facial database. that will rapidly and automatically identify individuals in two dimensions. Using two or three-dimensional imagery, RangeFinder can scan everything from cars to valuable museum items in three dimensions. The RangeFinder can even predict changes in appearance such as aging, hairstyle and weight gain or loss for identification purposes. RaPID is NEC's new handheld, wireless fingerprint identification device that gives officers in the field a completely portable AFIS tool. This palm-sized device will give law enforcement officials immediate identification capabilities on the street and at crime scenes. In addition to these three prototypes, NEC will also be demonstrating the latest versions of its TouchPass and Palmprint identification systems. What: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference When: November 11-14, 2000 Where: San Diego Convention Center The San Diego Convention Center is the main convention center for the city of San Diego, California. It is located in the Marina district of downtown San Diego near the Gaslamp Quarter, at 111 West Harbor Drive. , San Diego Booth No.1535 |
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