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Foxwoods Resort Casino Adds iView iGWatch Facial Recognition System to Existing iTrak Platform.


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 -- Integrated iGWatch System Enhances Installed Incident Reporting Solution

Foxwoods Resort Casino Foxwoods Resort Casino is a hotel-casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. It is the largest casino in the world, as measured by floor space for gaming, with 340,000 sq ft (31,587 m²) [1]. The entire resort comprises 4,700,000 sq ft (440,000 m²) of space. , the largest Casino destination in the world has purchased and installed iView's iGWatch(TM) 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. . The iGWatch System builds on the existing iTrak(TM) Incident Reporting Platform that has been deployed at Foxwoods since November of 2003. iView Systems is an EndX Group company and leading provider of security and surveillance solutions.

"Given the size of our facility and volume of patrons, we required an automated and proven system to link to our extensive CCTV CCTV
abbr.
closed-circuit television


CCTV closed-circuit television
 installation, " said Timothy D. Bohr, surveillance director for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, which owns and operates Foxwoods Resort Casino. "The seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation.  between the iTrak Incident Reporting Platform and the iGWatch Facial Recognition System provides the ability to enhance our subject and patron database searches, instantly narrowing down possible subjects from 1000's to one or more individuals in seconds."

"iView Systems is extremely proud that Foxwoods Resort Casino, the world's largest and most prestigious gaming facility, has chosen to add the iGWatch platform to their surveillance environment," said Martin Drew, president of iView Systems. "By adding the iGWatch Facial Recognition System to the proven iTrak Incident Reporting & Risk Management System, Foxwoods has firmly established itself as the state-of-the-art casino surveillance facility in the world."

"This project represents the next phase of a mutually rewarding relationship with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation."

About iGWatch

The iGWatch System provides a completely integrated biometric facial recognition Noun 1. facial recognition - biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces; "they used face recognition to spot known terrorists"
automatic face recognition, face recognition
 search facility used with the iTrak platform. It offers an additional tool that delivers an automated active real time surveillance and identification solution, providing event driven alerts based on selected individuals under watch or excluded status. This biometric solution replaces manual systems such as operator comparison of surveillance subjects to "mug" books.

About iTrak

The iTrak Incident Reporting & Risk Management System is an integrated modular reporting platform built using Microsoft(R) SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. (TM) and is designed to fulfill the needs of security and surveillance environments in a single desktop solution. Available in standalone stand·a·lone  
adj.
Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. 
 or enterprise packages, iTrak scales individual risk management and reporting needs with those of any business. Its modular approach enables purchasing of only the relevant modules needed for a specific application environment and budget, while ensuring an upgrade path for future requirements.

iTrak Version 4 is available for Windows 2000, XP and Windows 2003 platforms. Other available modules include the Lost & Found module, Work Order management module, iGNet Alert Communication Service, Gaming module, FINTRAC FINTRAC Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada  Large Cash Transaction Reporting module and the iGWatch real time Facial Recognition System.

The iTrak platform includes a daily log, briefing log, full incident reporting, subject profiling, personnel management and administration for comprehensive user, group and property security administration.

About Foxwoods

Foxwoods comprises six casinos that collectively offer more than 7,400 slot machines and an incredible 388 tables for 17 different types of table games, including 76 for poker poker, card game, believed to have originated in Asia and first played in the United States in the 19th cent. A traditional cutthroat gambling game at first, it is now also an internationally popular social pastime. . There's a luxurious, high-tech Race Book, as well as the world's largest Bingo Hall. Foxwoods is the largest resort casino in the world, with 340,000 square feet of gaming space in a complex that covers 4.7 million square feet. More than 40,000 guests visit Foxwoods each day.

Accommodations at the resort total 1,416 guest rooms and suites, including the 312-room Great Cedar Hotel, the 280-room Two Trees Inn, and the Grand Pequot Tower, with 824 rooms. For conventions and group events, Foxwoods features more than 55,000 square feet of meeting space and 25 conference rooms.

About iView

iView Systems, an EndX Group company is a provider of incident reporting software The following is a list of notable reporting software. Commercial software
  • 90 Degree Software
  • Actuate
  • Cognos BI
  • Combit List and Label
  • Crystal Reports
  • DBxtra - Reporting Software
  • i-net Crystal-Clear
  • InetSoft Style Report
 and advanced integrated surveillance and security tools. These products are designed to reduce associated losses by assisting in the rapid identification of individuals involved in loss, threat creation and other specific tasks required in today's security and surveillance environments. iView Systems is located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, with offices in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nevada. For more information on iView Systems, please visit www.iviewsystems.com
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