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Biometric Technology Today • March 20065

3D face

Motorola adds 3D face toits portfolioMotorola is to add three-dimensional facialrecognition to its portfolio of identitymanagement solutions. The deal gives thecompany an additional string in its bowwhen it comes to vying for projectsinvolving ePassports or national ID cards,which are increasingly specifying multiplebiometrics, such as facial recognition andfingerprint technology.

The 3D technology will be provided byA4Vision, who has signed an OEM agreementwith Motorola to provide its patent pending2D/3D ICAO compliant camera and 3D facialrecognition software.

The biometric technology will be usedwithin Motorola’s Identity Management andSecurity Solutions Portfolio, which is adocument management and biometricsidentification system for enrolment andissuance of secure national ID cards andpassport documents.

Motorola says that its solution will be able tocreate ICAO-compliant machine readabletravel documents with fingerprint and facialbiometric data stored directly on thedocuments, enabling more accurate userauthentication at various checkpoints, borders,and other points of entry.

Darrin Reilly, general manager of Motorola’sBiometrics Unit, commented: “A4Vision’s 3Dfacial technology and cameras combined withface/finger fusion contribute to Motorola’sportfolio as one of the most accurate in theindustry.”

The link up does not come as a completesurprise. Motorola is one of the many companiesthat financially backs A4 Vision, so it makessense that it would take advantage of thebiometric companies’ products. Other backers ofA4 Vision include:

• Menlo Ventures• MyQube• Logitech• Tako Ventures• NTT Leasing Co. Ltd.• Singapore Technologies• Sunrise Capital• Hanna Ventures.

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• ImageWare Systems hasannounced that its multi-biometric identity managementsoftware will now be available onHP technology platforms. It ishoped that ImageWare’stechnologies combined with HPsolutions and servicescustomized for the public sector,will help to deliver biometricsystems that can meet therequirements of national IDs,driver licenses, passports andairport/border/port security.

• Intura Solutions hasannounced the addition ofbiometric fingerprint security toits Intura Vision product range.Intura Vision, a restaurant POSand management system, offersthree methods of userauthentication that also includesemployee magnetic swipe cardsand the entry of a userID/password combination bythe employee. The fingerprintreader uses U.are.U technologydeveloped by Digital Persona.

• Several organisations havecome together to establish abiometric research consortium inDenmark to strengthen theinterplay between public andprivate sector research inbiometric products andsolutions. The aim of theDanish Biometric ResearchProject Consortium (DBRPC)is to become an integral part of anew Danish security industryand to launch research anddevelopment projects for thepractical use of biometrictechnology. Members of theDBRPC, founded in December2005 at IT University ofCopenhagen, include Unisys,University of SouthernDenmark, Precise Biometricsand Quard Technology.

• In a bid to tighten security andprevent extremist attacks Japanplans to fingerprint andphotograph the majority offoreigners who visit the country.Under a proposed Bill, airlineswill be required to provideadvance lists of passengers andcrew members before flightsarrive in the country.

23-24 March 2006London, UKThe Smart Card ID SummitThis event will provide a forum looking at all aspects of smartcards combined with ID technologies. It will offer a critical guideto the latest smart card and biometric technologies and theirreal life applications around the world.Contact: Jon Shepherd at Informa,Email: Jon.shepherd@informa.com,Web: www.tandfevents.com/

27-28 March 2008London, UKBorder Control Technology Summit 2This conference is designed for the second wave of countrieswishing to learn from the experiences of earlier adopters inthe area of ePassport deployments, and will cover in detailthe practical implementation challenges.Contact: London Business Conferences,Tel: +44 20 7788 7860, Web: www.global-bordertech.com

25-27 April 2006London, UKInfosecurity Europe 2006This year’s exhibition and conference programme willexamine the business and technical issues associated withinformation security.Contact: Tamar Beck, Tel: +44 208 910 7884Web: www.infosec.co.uk

26-28 April 2006Suntec Singapore, SingaporeCards Asia 2006

Now into its 11th year, this year’s event promises a 5400 squaremetre showcase for smart card applications and technologiesfrom 150 leading solutions providers.The show coincides withthe second Biometrics World Asia conference and exhibition andthe third RFID World Asia Conference and Exhibition.Contact: Sylwin Ang,Tel: +65 6322 2734, email: sylwin.ang@terrapinn.com

2-4 May 2006San Francisco, USACardTech/SecurTechThis event, which was originally scheduled to take place in NewOrleans, has been relocated and rescheduled because of anuncertain recovery timeline in the Gulf region. Billed as America’slargest advanced card and biometrics conference, this year’sevent will cover areas such as secure transaction technology,contactless cards, IT and physical access security convergence.Contact: CTST,Web: www.sourcemediaconferences.com

18-20 October 2006QEII, London, UKBiometrics 2006This is one of the world’s leading biometric conferences andexhibitions and attracts all the major players in the biometricsindustry, from technology developers and resellers to systemsintegrators and end users.There were a record number ofattendees in 2005 and this year promises even greaterparticipation with the exhibition expanding significantly, andconference retaining its end user focus.Contact: Lyn Aitken, Conference Secretariat,Tel: +44 1367 718 500, Fax: +44 1367 718 300,Email: lyn@itcertainlydoes.com,Web: www.biometrics2006.com

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