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Smiths Detection Wins $4.5 Million Contract Côte d'Ivoire Launch
from Ecuador’s Quito International Biometric Visa with Zetes
Smiths Detection has been awarded a US$4.5 million contract for EDtS Zetes, in partnership with the company SNEDAI (The National
(Explosives Detection tomography System) in the new Quito International Company for the Issue of Administrative and Identity Documents) has
Airport in Ecuador. announced the launch of its latest projects with the Ivorian authorities:
This contract stems from close collaboration between Smiths Detection the biometric visa and the biometric diplomatic and service passports.
and its local partner, Unlimited Systems Ecuador, in promoting and offering The Ivorian biometric visa and the issuing system that lies behind it are, to
local support for the latest technology driven solutions from Smiths date, a unique achievement. The provided solution is a complete
Detection. registration (live enrolment) and production system. The biographic and
Regional airports using Smiths Detection automated explosives detection biometric (fingerprints and picture) information are captured locally at the
solutions include: Simon Bolivar in Guayaquil, El Dorado in Bogota, Arturo embassy or consular office. They are then secured by encryption and sent
Merino Benitez in Santiago and Tocumen in Panama. to Abidjan to check with AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System)
if the petitioner is allowed to be issued a visa for Côte d’Ivoire. If so, the post
which has sent the petition is entitled to print and deliver the document. At
the Ivorian border, the fingerprints of the holder of the visa will be checked
with those registered on the document.
This project is handled in collaboration with Hologram Industries, which
provides lamination solutions for the authentication of identity documents.
A total of 41 embassies and consular offices across the globe will be
equipped with registration stations. The first location to be installed is
the Ivorian embassy in Paris. In the coming months, Zetes will be
handling the installation of some 20 enrolment stations in 8 countries,
as well as a validation station at Abidjan airport. The remaining posts
will be installed directly by SNEDAI, whose agents are being trained
and supported by Zetes.
The diplomatic and service passports project is based on the solution
used for the successful realisation of the ordinary biometric passport
iOmniscient IQ Face Technology Makes project. The enrolment operations are taking place at the Ministry of Foreign
Detection and Recognition of
Affairs and the personalisation of the documents occurs at the centre put in
place by Zetes and SNEDAI in Abidjan.
Faces in Crowds a Reality The first diplomatic passport was handed over to President Gbagbo on
7th August 2009, the anniversary of independence in Côte d’Ivoire.
iOmniscient, the makers of the IQ suite of automated surveillance software
products, has introduced IQ Face, a new software product that will AS&E in the News
revolutionise the way facial recognition is performed. IQ face is able to detect
multiple faces in a crowd and simultaneously recognise their identity from American Science and Engineering, Inc. has received an $18.8 million order for
one or more large databases. cargo X-ray inspection systems from an unnamed government agency to screen
IQ Face is the world’s first many-to-many facial recognition system that can cargo and vehicles for explosive threats and contraband at border crossings.
operate in a crowded scene. AS&E® also received a service contract award for up to $28.2 million from the
Facial recognition systems, to date, have only worked with images of faces in U.S. government to provide service and maintenance for Z Backscatter™ Van
controlled environments, as in applications involving access or passport control. (ZBV) X-ray inspection systems. The U.S. government has funded $24.4 million of
Here a person is required to look directly into a camera at close range for the the contract award with a remaining option of $3.8 million. The ZBVs are deployed
identification to occur. Such systems only work well in situations where external by the U.S. government to support counterterrorism missions.
factors, such as lighting, are strictly controlled. Finally, AS&E® has introduced the MobileSearch™ High-Energy (HE)
IQ Face enables authorised personnel to identify and recognise individuals cargo and vehicle inspection system with both high-energy transmission
within a crowd. IQ Face excels in uncontrolled environments with variable lighting, and proprietary Z Backscatter X-ray imaging for detecting threats and
continuous movement, low resolution cameras and variable facial angles – a contraband including weapons, explosives, drugs, and currency. For added
capability that is internationally patented. flexibility, the system offers multiple scan modes for high speed scanning of
This new technology has many potential applications to assist in security passenger vehicles or oversized or odd-shaped cargo, allowing the
operations and as a customer service tool. Imagine recognising VIP clients as operational flexibility of the Z Backscatter™ Van - in either “drive-by” mode
they enter a hotel and being able to provide them with customised services. to scan stationary objects, or “portal” mode to scan vehicles as they drive
Imagine a security officer in a shopping mall being alerted when a convicted past the system. MobileSearch HE also features a unique integrated cab
shoplifter enters the store. Imagine a terrorist on a blacklist being recognised the design that enables the drivers and operators to be in the same spacious
moment he enters an airport or railway station. cabin for improved communications and comfort.
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