[Report] State of Facial Recognition Technology TOC

Executive Summary................................................................................................................ 1
State of Facial Recognition Technology: Overview........................................................... 4
Market Projections through 2007.......................................................................................... 5
Overview......5
Growth Drivers and Enablers .........................................................................................................6
Growth Inhibitors ..........................................................................................................................7
System Costs and Sales ...............................................................................................................7
Facial Recognition: Landscape of Marketplace.................................................................. 8
Competition and Instability in the Market ........................................................................................8
Identix..........9
Viisage Technology.....................................................................................................................10
Cognitec ....11
Significant Facial Recognition Deployments .................................................................... 14
Emergence of Facial Recognition in Machine Readable Travel Documents ....................................14
Representative Deployments.......................................................................................................15
Application Assessment: Facial Recognition in Surveillance Applications ................. 18
Overview....18
Growth Drivers and Enablers .......................................................................................................19
Growth Inhibitors ........................................................................................................................19
Surveillance: Biometric Solution Matrix.........................................................................................20
Facial Recognition Performance Metrics........................................................................... 22
Performance Metrics and Error Types ..........................................................................................22
False Match and False Non-Match Rates .....................................................................................22
Open Set and Closed Set Identification ........................................................................................23
Facial Recognition Performance Tests.............................................................................. 25
Types of Facial Recognition Testing.............................................................................................25
FRVT 2002 Analysis ...................................................................................................................26
FRVT HCI Results Rollup ............................................................................................................27
FRVT MCI Results Rollup ...........................................................................................................30
Face Recognition at a Checkpoint Analysis ..................................................................................33
Face Recognition at a Checkpoint Results Rollup .........................................................................35
Facial Recognition in Multimodal Biometric Applications .............................................. 38
Facial Recognition and Fingerprint ...............................................................................................39
Facial Recognition and Iris Recognition ........................................................................................40
Challenges Facing Facial Recognition in Multimodal Systems .......................................................40
Facial Recognition Standards............................................................................................. 41
Image Standards ........................................................................................................................41
Template Standards ....................................................................................................................41
3D Facial Recognition: Approaches and Processes........................................................ 43
Image Cap43
3D Image/Model Creation............................................................................................................44
Template Creation and Matching .................................................................................................45
Challenges Facing 3D Facing Recognition ...................................................................................46
The 3D Facial Recognition Marketplace............................................................................. 47
3DBiometri47
A4Vision ....47
Geometrix Technologies .............................................................................................................49
Neurodynamics ..........................................................................................................................50
Genex Technologies ...................................................................................................................50

Table of Figures

Figure 1: Facial Recognition Revenue Projections 2002-2007..........................................................5
Figure 2: Tier 1 Facial Recognition Vendors ...................................................................................9
Figure 3: Tier 2 Facial Recognition Vendors ................................................................................. 13
Figure 4: Tier 3 Facial Recognition Vendors ................................................................................. 13
Figure 5: Representative Facial Recognition Applications since January 2002................................ 17
Figure 6: Surveillance and Screening Revenue Projections 2002-2007 .......................................... 18
Figure 7: Biometric Solution Matrix ESurveillance and Screening .................................................. 21
Figure 8: FRVT HCI E1:N FNMR Over Time ................................................................................ 28
Figure 9: FRVT HCI E1:1 FNMR Over Time ................................................................................. 28
Figure 10: FRVT HCI E1:N FNMR by Age Group ......................................................................... 28
Figure 11: FRVT HCI E1:N FNMR at Various DB Sizes ................................................................ 29
Figure 12: FRVT HCI E1:1 FNMR at Various FAR........................................................................ 29
Figure 13: FRVT HCI EWatchlist Testing for Multiple and Legitimate Enrollees .............................. 30
Figure 14: FRVT MCI E1:1 FNMR / Indoor / Same Day ................................................................ 31
Figure 15: FRVT MCI E1:1 FNMR / Indoor / Different Lighting ....................................................... 31
Figure 16: FRVT MCI E1:1 FNMR / Indoor / Different Day............................................................. 31
Figure 17: FRVT MCI E1:1 FNMR / Outdoor / Same Day .............................................................. 32
Figure 18: FRVT MCI E1:1 FNMR / Outdoor / Different Day .......................................................... 32
Figure 19: DoD Chokepoint EWatchlist / FaceIt System / 100 Targets / Badge Images ................... 35
Figure 20: DoD Chokepoint EWatchlist / FaceIt System / 400 Targets / Badge Images ................... 35
Figure 21: DoD Chokepoint EWatchlist / FaceIt System / 1575 Targets / Badge Images ................. 35
Figure 22: DoD Chokepoint EWatchlist / Argus System / 100 Ta rgets / Badge Images.................... 35
Figure 23: DoD Chokepoint EWatchlist / Argus System / 400 Targets / Badge Images.................... 36
Figure 24: DoD Chokepoint EWatchlist / Argus System / 1575 Targets / Badge Images .................. 36
Figure 25: DoD Chokepoint EWatchlist / Argus System / 100 Targets / High Quality Images ........... 36
Figure 26: DoD Chokepoint E1:1 FMR and FNMR With and Without Glasses ................................ 37
Figure 27: Multimodal Technology Combinations .......................................................................... 39
Figure 28: 3D Image Acquisition Approaches ............................................................................... 44
Figure 29: Virtual Cube used in Volumetric Modeling..................................................................... 44
Figure 30: 3D Modeling Approaches ............................................................................................ 45
Figure 31: 3D Templates Composition EMatching Processes ........................................................ 45
Figure 32: Prominent 3D Vendors ................................................................................................ 47
Figure 33: A4Vision Acquisition Process ...................................................................................... 48
Figure 34: A4Vision Image Rendering .......................................................................................... 48

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