Visionics Announces New High Resolution Optic Deck For TENPRINTER And FingerPrinter CMS Live Scan Systems.Business & Hi-Tech Editors MINNETONKA, Minn. and JERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2001 Newly Incorporated Advanced State-of-the-Art Digital Camera Technology Receives FBI Appendix F Certification Visionics Corporation (Nasdaq:VSNX), the worldwide leader in identification technologies and systems, announced a new high resolution optic deck for its TENPRINTER and FingerPrinter CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. live scan systems. This single platen optic deck, combined with the new, high resolution digital camera-based system, provides simplified optics for capturing slapped and rolled fingerprint images, meets the requirements of Appendix F Certification. Appendix F certification refers to the FBI's highest level of Image Quality Specification (IQS IQS Initial Quality Study (JD Power and Associates) IQS Initial Quality Survey IQS Integrated Quality Services IQS Institute of Quantity Surveyors IQS Intelligent Query Service ) for submittal to the IAFIS IAFIS Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (FBI) IAFIS International Association of Food Industry Suppliers database. "Visionics has long been committed to providing superior products, excellent customer service and flexibility in meeting customer demands. Our new advanced state-of-the-art digital camera technology provides superior image quality that could not be obtained with the analog platform. Our upgraded live scan systems provide better image quality and higher performance with no increase in price. With Appendix F Certification, we will be able to fulfill the strong demand we see from the marketplace today," said Dr. Joseph J. Atick, president and chief executive officer of Visionics Corporation. Captain Tim Riley Tim Riley is a Northwest media personality from Portland, Oregon. He was a newsman at Hot Talk 1080 KOTK and is a regular member of the Rick Emerson Show. Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, Riley got involved with a local radio station and began a career that took him to California. of the Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. Police Department in California stated, "We have been users of the Visionics live scan systems for a number of years and are extremely pleased with the system operation, image quality and support we get from Visionics." "Newport Beach Police Department is pleased to have received one of the model 1133SF TENPRINTER live scan systems from Visionics for evaluation. The new system has again proven the leading edge technology employed by Visionics and we are pleased that it has received the highest certification level from the FBI. Our staff is very happy with the ease of use of the system, the faster processing time, and the higher image quality it is producing. The support provided by the Visionics staff has always been outstanding and that is one more reason we have elected to use their products," Riley added. Visionics' TENPRINTER is an integrated live scan fingerprinting system that captures, prints and transmits fingerprints without the use of ink. It captures and transmits fingerprint images at 500 dots per inch (dpi), meeting federal standards for transmission to State and Federal agencies in compliance with Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specifications. The TENPRINTER significantly reduces overall booking times, especially when multiple fingerprint cards are needed, and has already been adopted by law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). 46 states. The FingerPrinter CMS is a desktop version of the TENPRINTER that can be set up and operational within two hours. It makes live scan technology available to a wide range of applications and customers. It is particularly ideal for applicant and enrollment processing and law enforcement booking applications where space and price are prime considerations. Recent announcements involving Visionics' FingerPrinter CMS systems include U.S. Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. and Naturalization naturalization, official act by which a person is made a national of a country other than his or her native one. In some countries naturalized persons do not necessarily become citizens but may merely acquire a new nationality. Services' purchase of 276 units, twenty units in FAA designated Category X deployment of the FingerPrinter CMS systems in seven Category X International Airports, and expansions of existing live scan networks in the State of Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. and in Oakland County, Michigan Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2005, the population was estimated at 1,214,361.[2] The county seat is Pontiac6. Oakland County is part of the Detroit metropolitan area, though the actual city of Detroit is located in . About Visionics Corporation Visionics Corporation (Nasdaq:VSNX) is the worldwide leader in identification technologies and systems. Through its respective business lines - FaceIt(R), live scan and IBIS - the company designs and manufacturers forensic quality biometric identification systems and develops and deploys facial recognition technology. The award-winning FaceIt(R) technology enables a broad range of products and applications built by partners (OEMs, VARs and system integrators). These include enhanced CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television systems, identity fraud applications and authentication systems for information security, access control, travel, banking and e-commerce. The TENPRINTER and FingerPrinter CMS live scan systems are the most widely used by government agencies, law enforcement, airports, banks and other commercial institutions in the US. The IBIS is a revolutionary remote identification system that combines expertise in biometric capture and connectivity, and is capable of capturing both forensic quality fingerprints and photographs for transmission to law enforcement and other legacy databases. The lines of business as a whole are reflective of Visionics' leadership position in the biometric industry and commitment to the innovation of identification technologies. More information on Visionics can be accessed via the Company web site at http://www.visionics.com or by calling Frances Zelazny, Director of Corporate Communications at +1 201-332-9213. This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected on the basis of such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. For a more complete description of these and other risk factors which may affect the future performance of Visionics Corporation, see "Risk Factors" in Digital Biometrics' Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the period ended September 30, 2000 and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the period ended December 31, 2000, both of which have been filed with the SEC. |
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