Visionics and Graphco Technologies Team Up to Target High-end Security
Installations; Leading Facial
Recognition Engine, FaceIt, Incorporated in FaceTrac Product
Line
Business/Technology Editors
JERSEY CITY, NJ & NEWTOWN, Penn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17,
2002--Visionics Corporation (Nasdaq:VSNX), the worldwide leader in
identification technologies and systems, and Graphco Technologies,
Inc. (G-TEC(TM)), a leading developer of technology and solutions for
biometric authentication, secure access and secure hosting services,
announced today the integration of FaceIt(R) technology into G-TEC's
FaceTrac(TM) and SIIMS/Bastille(R) product lines.
The integrated systems will be aimed at high-end security
installations such as government, corporate, and commercial
facilities, public venues, and transportation centers.
Using FaceIt(R) as the enabling facial recognition technology
engine, FaceTrac(TM), G-TEC's advanced facial recognition system is
used primarily for securing access and for surveillance. FaceTrac(TM)
automatically scans the faces of people passing in front of a camera
and searches for a selection of photographs of authorized personnel or
of criminals held in a law enforcement database. In law enforcement
applications, when a match is made, a human operator is alerted to
verify the identity of the subject and to assess whether further
action is to be taken. If there is no match, the facial images are
discarded. FaceTrac(TM) can be customized to generate other automated
activities that enhance security. Deployments of FaceTracTM are in
accordance with industry guidelines and Visionics published privacy
principles. For public-venue surveillance, these include public
awareness, standards for inclusion/removal of database records, no
match-no memory functionality, high level administrative access and
penalties for violation of these principles.
Law enforcement will also benefit by G-TEC's integration of the
FaceTrac(TM) system with its SIIMS (Secure Incident Investigation
Management System) and Bastille(R) product suite, both of which
utilize Visionics' facial recognition technology. These systems
provide the most advanced, authenticated, and secure investigation and
criminal intelligence information sharing application for law
enforcement and government agencies. The SIIMS/Bastille(R) allows law
enforcement officers to quickly and appropriately share information as
well as perform searches based on images and investigation data. The
integrated FaceIt(R) component in SIIMS/Bastille(R) allows users to
enter new facial images and search them against existing records.
Jerry Ruddle, president of Graphco Technologies stated, "G-TEC has
a number of immediate opportunities that require the delivery of our
advanced facial recognition FaceTrac(TM) systemsfor high-end security
installations. We are pleased to be working with Visionics, and to
include their cutting-edge FaceIt(R) technology components in our
FaceTrac(TM) product line. The addition of Visionics to our family of
integrated technology partners, helps ensure that G-TEC can deliver
systems that best meet specific customer requirements in our target
markets. The FaceIt(R) technology components offer excellent
performance and in conjunction with our FaceTrac(TM) system, offer our
customers a best-in-class solution."
Dr. Joseph J. Atick, chairman and CEO of Visionics commented, "Our
partnership with with G-TEC will greatly assist in the delivery of
facial recognition technology to specified channels that require
high-end security solutions, government facilities, sporting venues,
public transportation centers, etc. We believe that in accordance with
our responsible use guidelines, the integrated FaceTrac(TM) system will
be an important component in meeting the growing requirements of the
security marketplace."
About Graphco Technologies
G-TEC(TM) (www.graphcotech.com), headquartered in Newtown, PA, is
an advanced technology and systems development company and a leading
provider of secure access, biometric identification, surveillance and
secure data hosting solutions. G-TEC provides cutting-edge voice
(VoicePass(R)) and facial (FaceTrac(TM)) biometric systems for secure
access and surveillance. VoicePass(R) is the uniquely text-independent
(say anything - no passwords) biometric to identify and authenticate
people speaking. G-TEC provides solutions for the law enforcement,
government, industrial, retail, and residential security markets G-TEC
established facial recognition market awareness and international
presence by deploying FaceTrac(TM), its facial recognition biometric
surveillance system, at the professional football championship game
held at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida in January 2001.
More information is available at www.graphcotech.com or by calling +1
215-497-9170.
About Visionics Corporation
Visionics Corporation is the worldwide leader in identification
technologies and systems, and is uniquely positioned with a
comprehensive set of biometric identification product offerings:
FaceIt(R), live scan, IBIS and BNP. Award-winning FaceIt(R) is the
most widely deployed facial recognition software engine that allows
computers to rapidly and accurately detect and recognize faces for the
broadest range of uses, including ID Solutions, surveillance,
information security and banking. TENPRINTER and FingerPrinter CMS
live scan systems, which capture fingerprints images without the use
of ink, are widely used by government agencies, law enforcement,
airports, banks and other commercial institutions in the US. IBIS is a
revolutionary mobile identification system that captures forensic
quality fingerprints and photographs for wireless and standard data
transmission to law enforcement and other legacy databases for
real-time identification. BNP is the only commercially available
platform for delivering scalable biometric solutions. It incorporates
FaceIt(R) technology for implementation over large-scale networks and
real-time identification. Visionics' complete product offerings are
reflective of its 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 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 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 for the period ended September 30, 2001 and other
periodic SEC filings.
FaceIt is a registered trademark of Visionics Corporation. Other
registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned herein are the
property of their respective owners.
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CONTACT: Visionics Corporation
Frances Zelazny, + 1 201-332-9213 or
Meir Kahtan, +1 212-699-6065
or
Graphco Technologies
Barry Hodge, +1 215-497-9170
bhodge@graphcotech.com
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