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New voice recognition-based identification, verification and payment system for school cafeterias
posted on 11/12/2006

CellMax Systems Ltd. and point-of-sale (POS) system producer PCS Revenue Control Systems, Inc., have announced the joint development of a rapid, voice recognition-based identification, verification and payment system for school cafeterias. The system, which will be piloted in Q1 2007, has an initial potential market of 800 U.S. school districts. The system provides a practical, non-intrusive solution to the logistical challenges faced every day by school facilities managers – tracking meal accountability, enhancing student per minute processing time and increasing line speed – all to ensure kids get the meals they’re entitled to, and get them fast. It also circumvents several major technological roadblocks previously posed to voice biometrics by the lunchroom set: rowdiness (background noise) and sudden voice change (affecting false acceptance/rejection rates). Simply by saying a name and student number, students’ account data and photo come up on the food server’s screen, they are ch... [more]

nCipher miSense biometric technology simplifies airport check-in and strengthens security
posted on 07/12/2006

nCipher plc has announced that its encryption and database security technology has been deployed as part of the miSense biometric airport security system, which officially opened at London's Heathrow Airport by the UK Minister for Immigration, Liam Byrne MP and Heathrow Airport CEO, Tony Douglas. By using biometric technology, including fingerprint, face and iris recognition, miSense aims to simplify and speed up airport check-in and boarding while further strengthening levels of security. Over the next few months, passengers travelling on selected flights between Heathrow and Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific or between Heathrow and Dubai with Emirates will be able to enrol and participate in the miSense trials. During check-in, passengers can scan their passport and right index fingerprint at a miSense self-service kiosk. This biometric information along with the boarding pass will then be used to verify them at security control and when boarding the aircraft. Participating is easy, ... [more]

G4S Security Services acquires AC Controls
posted on 07/12/2006

G4S Security Services (UK), part of Group 4 Securicor plc, has acquired AC Controls, a specialist access control and integrated security company. The acquisition of AC Controls will enhance G4S Security Services (UK)’s electronic security offering in the UK. AC Controls develops bespoke security systems that match the specific needs of clients. Nick Bettes, Technology Director of G4S Security Services (UK) said, “This acquisition extends our electronic security capability in the UK and underlines our strategy to provide the best possible integrated security solutions to our customers. We carefully selected AC Controls for its ability to develop and deliver leading-edge technology as well as its highly skilled staff and high service standards. Our clients rightly expect that we partner with sector leaders.” Jim Patterson, Managing Director of AC Controls said, “I am delighted that AC Controls has become a Group 4 Securicor company. This is an exciting move for both organisati... [more]

Munich International Airport deploys GeoVision License Plate Recognition Systems
posted on 07/12/2006

Munich International Airport has recently implemented a comfort parking scheme as a park control system. This scheme, run by GESIG and NAVAIO, was to deal with the greater volume of parking throughout Munich Airport. GeoVision's forward GV-License Plate Recognition (GV-LPR) system has been installed at the airport to ensure cost efficient security. Munich International Airport is Germany's second-busiest airport, serving nearly 30 million passengers in 2005. The massive increase in users results in higher demand for parking capacity and security for passengers, airport staff, and airline staff. This needs to be achieved by adopting an efficient parking management and surveillance system in the Comfort Parking scheme. Under this scheme GeoVision's GV-LPR system was selected and a more efficient parking control was introduced to manage parking spaces, improve vehicle flow, and save operational costs. The Munich Airport car parks are secured with GeoVision License Plate Recognition... [more]

Intercede MyID system secures NATO Summit with Smart Card-based Identities
posted on 07/12/2006

Intercede have announced that Intercede's MyID system was used to manage the identities of 8,000 diplomats, conference delegation members, Latvian and NATO supporting units, security personnel and volunteers at the NATO Summit in Riga, 27-29 November, 2006. The Riga Summit of 2006 attracted key NATO heads of State including George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair. The Riga Summit of 2006 was the first summit involving Latvia as a full member of the NATO Alliance. This solution was primed by Oberthur Card Systems and delivered to the Ministry of Defence of Latvia in partnership with Intercede and Fargo. Intercede provided a complete system to personalize, issue and verify Oberthur smart card-based identity cards at this major international event. Each Oberthur smart card was colour-coded according to role and security clearance, printed with a photograph of the card holder, secured with holograms and other security printing features to prevent forgery, and the electronic chi... [more]

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