VISIONICS INTRODUCES FACEIT TECHNOLOGY FOR POCKET PC.Capitalizing on the proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of handheld devices with built-in cameras, Visionics Corp., a developer of face recognition technology worldwide, introduced FaceIt for Pocket PC. Pocket PC is the latest version of the Microsoft CE operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and is used in a variety of handheld devices such as Casio's Cassiopeia, Hewlett-Packard's Jornada, and Microsoft's upcoming MiPad, all of which feature built-in video cameras. FaceIt for Pocket PC delivers to the handheld platform all the capabilities of the FaceIt Technology and is the enabling engine for many security and biometric bi·o·met·rics n. (used with a sing. verb) The statistical study of biological phenomena. bi applications of mass appeal. Mass market deployment of this capability will reach out to users authenticating e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. transactions from these handheld portals. In this application for example, FaceIt capabilities can be used to capture a facial facial /fa·cial/ (fa´shul) pertaining to or directed toward the face. fa·cial adj. Relating to the face. facial, adj pertaining to the face. image, extract the face, convert it into a unique digital code, called a faceprint, which is transmitted it to a server for authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. . By confirming the match, FaceIt essentially ties the identity of the person to the actions being performed. Another application, for mobile identification, uses FaceIt capabilities that capture live facial images using the camera on the device and checks the corresponding faceprint in real-time against a designated database of several thousand individual faceprints stored in memory. Certain key industry sectors, such as law enforcement, are poised to benefit from this unique capability. |
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