Face Recognition: Biometric Authentication | NEC

The superior strength of NEC’s face recognition technology lies in its outstanding tolerance of poor quality and conditions.

This tolerance has secured the top slot for NEC’s technology range several times in independent tests conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States*, which declare our face recognition technology the most accurate in situations of varying levels of difficulties that reflect real life scenarios, with the fastest matching capability that is the most resistant to variants in angle and age.

But just how good is NEC’s face recognition technology in real life?

NEC’s technology can match a subject’s face from images with resolutions as low as 24 pixels, even if the subject is on the move, or the face partially concealed by hats, scarves or glasses, or head angle. It also facilitates video face recognition in poorly lit areas.

NEC’s face recognition technology does this by using long-tested algorithms that convert two-dimensional images into three-dimensional head images, which are then rotated in all directions and scrutinized using different vantage points, lighting situations, facial expressions and changes to help guarantee over 99% face-recognition accuracy in real-world situations. *