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Lockheed Martin Applies 3-D Modeling To Improve Facial Recognition Accuracy

HERNDON, VA., September 17th, 2010 — Facial-recognition experts will soon be able to make two-dimensional, partial images of suspects pop from computer screens with three-dimensional technology. Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Animetrics were recently awarded a research and development contract by the U.S. Government to improve the accuracy of facial recognition.
Currently, many pictures taken by security cameras are only partial or side-views of the subject’s face, making it difficult to identify suspects. The new technology will allow experts to use 3-D modeling to recreate the subject’s entire face, which experts will then compare to existing mug shots or file photos of the suspect.
“Lockheed Martin’s experience in facial recognition software already deployed in today’s field, together with Animetrics’ 3-D modeling will greatly assist in our customer’s ability to solve facial identity cases,” said Bob Eastman, vice president, Information Systems for Lockheed Martin.
The contract calls for a facial image comparison tool to be used by human operators as they narrow down the results delivered by automated facial-recognition tools. The objective of this program is to develop a software product that may be validated for use in case work.
“This is an important step in advancing biometric and facial-recognition technology,” said Eastman. “In the future, we hope to develop technologies that will not only model existing pictures in 3-D, but also collect images in 3-D.”

Headquartered in Conway, N.H., Animetrics is a leading developer of cloud-based web service facial search and retrieval applications using its 2-D to 3-D patented technology. Animetrics is driving market acceptance of facial recognition biometrics in government, homeland security, law enforcement, and consumer releases of its FaceR™ line, mobile platforms as well.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 136,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation’s 2009 sales from continuing operations were $44.5 billion.
Media Contact: Liz Morse, (703) 466-2262; [email protected]

Lockheed Martin Applies 3-D Modeling To Improve Facial Recognition Accuracy

HERNDON, VA., September 17th, 2010 — Facial-recognition experts will soon be able to make two-dimensional, partial images of suspects pop from computer screens with three-dimensional technology. Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Animetrics were recently awarded a research and development contract by the U.S. Government to improve the accuracy of facial recognition.
Currently, many pictures taken by security cameras are only partial or side-views of the subject’s face, making it difficult to identify suspects. The new technology will allow experts to use 3-D modeling to recreate the subject’s entire face, which experts will then compare to existing mug shots or file photos of the suspect.
“Lockheed Martin’s experience in facial recognition software already deployed in today’s field, together with Animetrics’ 3-D modeling will greatly assist in our customer’s ability to solve facial identity cases,” said Bob Eastman, vice president, Information Systems for Lockheed Martin.
The contract calls for a facial image comparison tool to be used by human operators as they narrow down the results delivered by automated facial-recognition tools. The objective of this program is to develop a software product that may be validated for use in case work.
“This is an important step in advancing biometric and facial-recognition technology,” said Eastman. “In the future, we hope to develop technologies that will not only model existing pictures in 3-D, but also collect images in 3-D.”

Headquartered in Conway, N.H., Animetrics is a leading developer of cloud-based web service facial search and retrieval applications using its 2-D to 3-D patented technology. Animetrics is driving market acceptance of facial recognition biometrics in government, homeland security, law enforcement, and consumer releases of its FaceR™ line, mobile platforms as well.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 136,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation’s 2009 sales from continuing operations were $44.5 billion.
Media Contact: Liz Morse, (703) 466-2262; [email protected]

Conway, NH (August 12, 2010) – Animetrics, Inc, developer of next generation 3D imaging technologies for facial biometric systems today announced that they have begun offering the FaceR CredentialME, an authentication service for devices running various operating systems including Android, Windows Mobile and RIM. This application turns mobile handsets into two factor facial biometric authenticating devices. The launch of the FaceR CredentialME application on the Sprint 3G network and Sprint 4G, the first and only wireless 4G network from a national carrier, is in conjunction with, Troy Security Solutions, an Animetrics Application Solution Provider specializing in securing the mobile enterprise with cutting-edge products and solutions.

“As mobile devices become the favored way for communicating, social networking, financial transactions and accessing new media content, the need for enhanced logon and transaction security is greater than ever”, said Joel Breen, Vice President of Animetrics. FaceR CredentialME provides Sprint business customers the tools to secure their mobile systems via a wireless connection to a cloud-based security solution built to thwart efforts of hackers and identity thieves. FaceR CredentialME is based on Animetrics patented 2D-3D FACEngine® Facial Recognition technology. It enables a handset to use Facial Recognition as a primary or second-factor authentication when accessing resident or online services, such as enterprise email, corporate networks and mobile banking. “The FaceR CredentialME application adds an additional layer of security to standard username and password authentication by requiring the user to authenticate leveraging a very unique factor; their face,” said Paul Troisi, President of Troy Security Solutions. The FaceR CredentialME application supports multiple mobile operating systems, including iPhone, Blackberry RIM, Windows Mobile, and Android. Animetrics is announcing the release of their technology through Sprint’s networks. The FaceR CredentialME release also means that developers can now use the Animetrics90 Mobile software developer kit (SDK) to embed strong authentication into mobile applications such as email, financial data, mobile banking and mobile payments.

Take a look at our launch with Brockton Police and our partner BI2 http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/brockton-police-to-use-facial-recognition-system-20100614

BI2 Technologies Awarded Contract To Implement Statewide Facial Recognition System to Identify Inmates, Suspects and Gang Members

Plymouth, MA - June 1, 2010 - Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies (BI2 Technologies) of Plymouth, Massachusetts announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association (MSA) to provide a new facial recognition system for all fourteen (14) County Sheriff’s Departments and up to twenty-eight (28) individual police departments across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

BI2 Technologies will be implementing the biometric industry’s leading provider of facial recognition technologies, Animetrics, Inc., of Conway, New Hampshire. Animetrics, Inc. is the de facto world leader in 2D-3D face technologies with patented 2D-3D face recognition technologies. Animetrics’ vision is highly accurate identification of natural and uncontrolled face images acquired from all camera forms.

Sean G. Mullin, president and CEO of BI2 Technologies said, “The Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association is setting the standard for the nation by implementing facial recognition throughout the state by ensuring that the technology is being made available to local police departments as well as county Sheriffs. Effectively sharing biometric identification capabilities statewide is the kind of cooperative effort that all law enforcement needs.”

James F. Walsh, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association said, “This project represents the expansion of the vision of the Essex County Sheriff’s Department. These systems will improve not only our Sheriffs’ capabilities, but all law enforcement in the Commonwealth, to use and share data and facial recognition biometric technology to better protect the citizens of Massachusetts.”

Paul Schuepp, president of Animetrics said, “With our unique technologies and proven performance within the U.S. Department of Defense, Animetrics has created the next generation face identification capability using complete and natural information of the face in a three dimensional view. Animetrics’ matching algorithms use 2D and 3D face biometric templates that are unsurpassed in the world and address precisely the issues faced in the intensely challenging environmental conditions in which the Commonwealth’s Sheriffs, police departments, jails and houses of corrections operate.”

Sean G. Mullin continued, “As the nation’s leading provider of iris biometric technology to state and local law enforcement, this award and first of-its-kind project in the nation represents the next step in the enhancement in our suite of multi-modal public safety biometric solutions. We believe the ability to harness and combine the strength of each biometric ensures that law enforcement has the accurate and timely information they need to better protect the public.”

BI2 Technologies’ iris biometric technologies are already being used by state and local law enforcement agencies in forty-seven states.

Mullin continued, “We expect to have the new facial recognition system implemented across the Commonwealth by the fall of 2010. In the near term, we will begin implementing the first systems over the next two weeks. Once the facial recognition system implementation begins, we will make MORIS™ (Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System) available to the participating agencies. MORIS^TM combines iris, facial and fingerprint biometric capabilities on Apple’s exceptional iPhone platform.”

Mullin concluded, “Adding Animetric’s robust facial recognition technology to many of the agencies’ existing iris and fingerprint biometric capabilities means that law enforcement will finally have the capabilities that, until now, has been the stuff of science fiction novels, futuristic movies and entertaining but unrealistic prime-time crime shows. The Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association is about to change all that.”

Happy New Year and welcome the 2010 the year of the Biometric!! At least that is what we think 2010 will bring. With that being the case, and 2010 is the year of the biometric then 2010 will be the year of Animetrics as well. We here at Animetrics have spent the last 12 months preparing for 2010 to expand Animetrics business and products into many new areas.