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Corporate Profile
ImageWare Systems, Inc. is a leader and innovator in the emerging technology of PC-based digital imaging, with its primary focus on law enforcement software. Based in San Diego, the company utilizes its patented imaging technology to provide easy-to-use and affordable software solutions for the law enforcement industry. Through its growing family of C.R.I.M.E.S.® software modules, ImageWare is successfully bringing the criminal investigative process into the computer age.
Incorporated in 1987, ImageWare initially focused on the entertainment industry. The company’s patented imaging technology was first used in photo imaging kiosks at theme parks and tourist attractions in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Japan and the United Kingdom. The kiosks produced People Postcards® by superimposing customers’ images onto amusing or picturesque backgrounds.
At the 1992 COMDEX Show, ImageWare introduced its first retail product, ImageWizard®. At the show, the revolutionary image manipulation and processing program was nominated one of the "Best New Software Programs" of the year. ImageWizard was the first application to incorporate multiple image objects for fast and easy image enhancement and editing. In early 1994, ImageWare released a companion program to ImageWizard called MorphWizard®. A powerful morphing application, MorphWizard allows users to manipulate and force transformations between multiple images. Both ImageWizard and MorphWizard sold domestically and in Japan through Canon Sales Co.
Concurrent with the release of MorphWizard, ImageWare shifted its focus from the entertainment and retail markets to the institutional law enforcement arena. The C.R.I.M.E.S. (Crime Reduction, Image Management and Enhancement System), software suite was unveiled in October 1994.
C.R.I.M.E.S.® Suite of Law Enforcement Products
C.R.I.M.E.S. is a modular family of affordable, easy-to-use software applications that aid law enforcement with the criminal investigative process. Currently there are five WindowsTM based C.R.I.M.E.S. modules; Crime Capture System®, Face IDTM, Suspect ID®, Crime LabTM, and Vehicle IDTM. Over the next two years, ImageWare plans to add additional modules to the C.R.I.M.E.S. software family. Included will be videotape enhancement, face aging, crime scene diagramming, forgery analysis and evidence storage. The multiple module system is fully integrated so information entered into one module is reflected in all others, thus eliminating the time and expense required to interface programs designed by different software companies.
Crime Capture System®
Crime Capture System is a flexible, easy-to-use, and affordable digital imaging solution for automated capture, storage and retrieval of booking images and related information. The Crime Capture System utilizes off-the-shelf hardware that complies with open industry standards and easily integrates with an agency’s records or AFIS system (Automated Fingerprint Identification System). Utilizing client/server architecture, the Crime Capture System can operate on an array of systems ranging from a stand-alone PC to a wide area network.
Face IDTM
Face ID is a state-of-the-art facial recognition and retrieval program that helps officers positively identify both unknown suspects and criminals with multiple aliases. Suspect images that have been captured on a surveillance video, suspect composite or photograph can be searched against any digital database of faces. This powerful investigative tool can also be used at the time of booking to immediately identify criminals with multiple aliases. In addition, the program’s face averaging capability allows a witness to search for a suspect by "averaging" those photos that have features similar to those of the actual suspect. Rather than having a witness look through a database one photo at a time, the detective can utilize the face averaging capability to dramatically speed up the identification process.
Suspect ID®
Suspect ID is the composite module of the C.R.I.M.E.S. software family. Using an online cognitive interview process, officers, witnesses and victims can accurately create full-color, photo-realistic suspect composites within minutes. The digital composites are constructed from catalogs of facial features. The catalogs are comprised of actual photographs, not hand-drawn sketches, so composites from Suspect ID look like people, not like pencil sketches.
The Suspect ID module was designed specifically for use by law enforcement agencies. Even officers with little or no computer knowledge or artistic talent can complete a suspect composite simply by pointing and clicking with a mouse. Suspect ID is a standard PC-based software application that can be installed on a laptop computer and taken into the field, allowing officers to conduct interviews before the witnesses’ and victims’ memories fade. For rapid identification, officers can distribute completed composites within minutes via radio, fax or e-mail.
Crime LabTM
The second module of the C.R.I.M.E.S. family, Crime Lab, is a sophisticated image enhancement and editing program used to fulfill a host of investigative imaging needs such as updating old photos, creating non-prejudicial line-ups, removing distracting backgrounds and enhancing surveillance videos.
Vehicle IDTM
Vehicle ID is a revolutionary photo-based software program that helps officers quickly identify and disseminate vehicle information for the purpose of locating a stolen car or a vehicle involved in a crime. Vehicle ID's comprehensive database of over 1,000 vehicles can be searched by features, description, or VIN (Vehicle Identification Number). To ensure a more accurate identification, vehicles matching the query description can be viewed from front, rear, side or three quarter angles. The program also includes a custom paint shop for depicting the exact color of the vehicle. A color copy of the suspect vehicle can then be produced and immediately broadcast, printed or faxed to officers in the field to quickly apprehend suspected criminals. Information from NICB's (National Insurance Crime Bureau) VINassistTM program has been incorporated into Vehicle ID, enabling officers to obtain images of vehicles based on VIN translation codes. This feature helps officers identify stolen vehicles in cases of switched VINs.
ImageWare also uses its patented imaging technologies for custom image processing applications through its OEM group. These applications include electronic identification card production, architectural, interior and landscape design and entertainment related imaging. San Diego based ImageWare Systems, Inc. is publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange under symbol IW.
ImageWare Systems, Inc.
10883 Thornmint Road
San Diego, CA 92127
Phone: (858) 673-8600
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