Aurora Partners With BioID

Aurora Defense Partners With BioID to introduce new face recognition multimodal system to US Government for Homeland Defense.

Bethesda,MD--Aurora Defense LLC is pleased to announce it is partnering with BioID America Inc., a leading global biometric authentication software developer, to offer BioID face recognition technology for Homeland Defense, military and security applications.

BioID offers the first true multimodal biometric technology --it has the ability to analyze three biometric traits - face, voice and lip movement at the same time.

BioID America is based in Raleigh, NC.

Aurora Defense LLC, with its home based in the Washington DC area, specializes in homeland defense and security technologies. The company features a worldwide network of security experts and technology specialists.

BioIDs face recognition technology can be used for improved border protection, security of military bases and installations, air terminals for passengers, crew and airport employees, for smart passports and identification cards; access limited facilities and hardware such as nuclear power plants, and for securing access to sensitive computer networks.

Available to developers and integrators, BioID SDK (Software Development Kit) 3.0 includes three biometric modules: face recognition (which includes the worlds fastest face-finder application), voice recognition and lip movement recognition technology. BioID SDK 3.0 is ideally suited for integration into security products and related systems to provide highly effective, convenient and affordable biometric solutions. This includes existing authentication, network protection and access control systems to augment their security and ease-of-use.

Our flexible biometric kit is the only biometric technology that is accurate enough to be used for both surveillance and authentication purposes," according to Michael Ruehle, President and CEO of BioID America Inc. BioID SDK 3.0 will make it easy to upgrade and improve security in a wide range of applications."

According to Dr. Stephen Bryen, Managing Director of Aurora Defense, BioID and the BioID software development kit is poised to make an important contribution to Homeland Defense and the security of Americans. This technology is an impressive performer."

BioID is a powerful tool for law enforcement because of its ability to use multimodal recognition.

A key feature of the technology is that the developer can choose the degree of reliance on each of the biometric traits.

BioID has created a face database that gives all researchers working in the area of face detection the possibility to compare the quality of their face detection algorithms with others. During the recording of images for the library, special emphasis has been laid on "real world" conditions. Therefore the test set features a large variation in illumination, background and face size.

About BioID America Inc.
BioID America Inc. is the American subsidiary of The BioID Group, a leading global biometric software provider. The company is the first to offer a multimodal biometric authentication system that simultaneously analyzes a user's face, voice and lip movement to ensure high recognition accuracy and tolerance. With this unique authentication technology, the company is setting a high level of access protection for enterprise networks, e-business transactions, and physical access control for the financial, health care and public sectors.

The BioID Group employs more than 60 professionals in Europe, Asia and North America. The company is partnering with industry leaders to integrate its cost-effective and hardware-independent authentication solutions to expand the potential of their security technologies. Through these partnerships, BioID will develop easy-to-use and highly secure solutions that meet specific industries' needs and set new industry standards for access management.

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