Image Recognition
Camera systems and facial matching software used to capture and verify identities of individuals in small groups traveling in small groups in a checkpoint-type setting demonstrated their effectiveness in testing last fall conducted by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate. Where there were errors, it was usually due to the camera system and not the facial matching algorithm, S&T said. “What we found was actually group size didn’t matter,” Arun Vemury, lead of the DHS S&T Biometric and Identity Technology Center, told Defense Daily earlier this month during a virtual interview. S&T originally selected six camera systems but given the challenges, one vendor dropped out before installations began and another during the set-up period, he said. In addition to the four camera systems, S&T used 10 face matching algorithms, allowing for 40 facial recognition configurations.