Cognitec Systems GmbH News

Cognitec Systems is providing reliable face recognition technology to Brazilian payment solutions provider - Billingpay for use in Rio de Janeiro’s public transport system. Automated face recognition Billingpay has implemented automated face recognition to facilitate digital ticketing via the transport application Jaé, to be used by more than four million users daily. Currently, about 11 thousand capture devices are installed throughout the city’s transportation system...

Cognitec Systems is providing reliable face recognition technology to Brazilian payment solutions provider Billingpay for use in Rio de Janeiro’s public transport system. Billingpay has implemented automated face recognition to facilitate digital ticketing via the transport application Jaé, to be used by more than four million users daily. Currently, about 11 thousand capture devices are installed throughout the city’s transportation system. Evasion in public transportation...

inter airport Southeast Asia 2023 (IASEA), Asia’s international airport exhibition and conference, concluded on an upbeat note in Singapore. Held from 1-3 March 2023, the event featured a high-level conference and a sold-out exhibition featuring ground support equipment, airport operations & maintenance solutions, airside support services, and many more.  A showcase of latest offerings Over the 3-day exhibition, IASEA saw 3,131 trade attendees and 150 exhibitors congregate at t...

SALTO Systems, a provider of innovative smart access control solutions, is committed to the use of biometric technology as the future of access control. In the past two years, it has aimed to accelerate the development of frictionless access control solutions through various strategic investments. The digital revolution has transformed society. Entire industries have been reimagined, and professional lives, education, and leisure time have evolved beyond recognition. Digital credentials, digit...

inter airport Southeast Asia, Asia’s international airport exhibition and conference, kicked off with a strong line-up of industry heavyweights including a global perspective by Jean Roche, Head of International Engineering Services of ADP International, Asia Pacific outlook by Piyush Chawla, Managing Director APAC of Cirium and an in conversation with Angela Ng, Director, Aviation Industry of Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.  Running till 3 March at the Marina Bay Sands, this...

The latest version of Cognitec’s FaceVACS-Entry technology not only takes biometric photos but also allows for their comparison against facial images retrieved from ID documents or databases. The process also includes presentation attack detection to ensure a live person interacts with the device. The slim, lightweight device The slim, lightweight device fits wide-ranging installation scenarios, including eGates, desks, kiosks, free-standing pillars, and border control booths. Instan...

Cognitec Systems has promoted Mikael Fagerlund to VP Sales and Marketing, passing the baton from revered industry veteran and company Co-Founder, Dr. Jürgen Pampus. Fagerlund has served the sales team at the company’s Dresden headquarters since 2011, most recently as Director Sales EMEA. He will continue to manage sales activities and customer relations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but also oversee global sales and growth strategies. Extensive technical expertise Before j...

Cognitec, face recognition innovator and SALTO Group Company, has named Andy Speropoulos as Sales Manager for the Gaming and Hospitality markets. These two important sectors increasingly incorporate face recognition technology to improve both security and operations. Innovative technology  “Cognitec continues to build its sales team to serve our customers in varied market segments better and to respond to market demand for face recognition technology,” said Cognitec Vice Pres...

SALTO Systems will premiere its latest access control innovations at Security ESSEN 2022, from September 20-23, 2022, at Hall 6, Stand 6B27, in the Messe Essen in Germany. ESSEN, held at Messe Essen every other year, is the trade fair for security and fire protection. For over 40 years, ESSEN has been the most important industry exhibition, offering security and access control technology under one roof with a comprehensive overview of new technologies and latest product innovations. Creating k...

Cognitec is proudly looking back at 20 successful years developing high-ranking face recognition technologies, and working with partners around the world on major government and commercial projects. Experienced software, algorithm and product development teams continue to bring high-performing algorithms and innovative products to the face recognition market. Since the founding days in 2002, the company has constantly extended its portfolio to offer products for facial image database search, re...

Consolidation is a dominant trend in the security marketplace. Large companies typically swallow up smaller companies as a means of expanding both their technology portfolios and their geographic reach. Sometimes a big fish is swallowed up by an even bigger fish.   Despite the pandemic and resulting economic challenges, the security market has continued to be a desirable environment for both big players and startups, which then provide abundant acquisition targets for the larger compa...

SALTO Systems, a globally renowned manufacturer of electronic access control and operating system solutions, designed to provide a seamless keyless and mobile experience for modern buildings, is investing in the Dutch company - Bluefield Smart Access, strengthening its portfolio of access control solutions. The investment enables Bluefield Smart Access to anticipate the rapid international growth of opportunities that concern its unique cloud-technology solutions. Bluefield Smart Access Bluef...

The hybrid world has changed where and how everyone works. Supply chain constraints require more efficiency and make reducing waste more important than ever. Increased options and competition have changed the way consumers and businesses transact? In order to stay ahead, organisations need to rapidly adapt their current environments. This means continually evaluating workspaces to improve the employee experience, actively managing resources and processes to improve sustainability, and finding n...

With Cognitec Systems joining the SALTO Group, the face recognition company will strengthen research, development and market reach, for its established product portfolio, while working with SALTO on new technologies for expanding biometric markets. SALTO strategically selected Cognitec Systems to meet market requests for adding face recognition and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to the company’s renowned electronic access control and ticketing solutions. SALTO – Cognitec...

SALTO Systems, a manufacturer of electronic access control and operating system solutions designed to provide a seamless keyless and mobile experience for modern buildings and facilities, is investing in automatic face recognition technology innovator Cognitec Systems. In recent years, they have experienced extraordinary change and evolution in digital transformation globally. Entire industries have been reimagined and people now increasingly use digital means to work, live, learn, and be enter...

Algorithm development at Cognitec Systems GmbH (Cognitec) continues to engineer the optimal balance between speed and accuracy of the face matching processes. NIST’s Face Recognition Vendor Test The latest results of the U.S. NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Face Recognition Vendor Test for identification tasks, show the Cognitec algorithm in the best position of all algorithms tested, when relating the template generation time to the false negative identification ra...

Cutting-edge technologies from Cognitec Systems GmbH (Cognitec) will capture biometric facial images of all relevant travellers from third countries, as part of the European Entry/Exit System (EES). Cognitec Systems GmbH was awarded the contract for the delivery of the capturing devices in Germany. FaceVACS-Entry CS devices Cognitec’s technology will be installed at border check points in all international airports and seaports in Germany. The contract initially spans four years and incl...

In response to the growing demand for biometrics enrollment during border crossing processes, Cognitec has extended its entry product line to offer an all-inclusive device for capturing standards-compliant biometric photos. Instant camera positioning, active lighting, and interactive user guidance lead to optimal, user-friendly capture conditions. The system finds the face of the person, adjusts the position of the camera to body height, and takes best-quality pictures. Border control processe...

Highly focused and innovative R&D (Research & Development) initiatives have again raised accuracy levels of Cognitec’s main matching algorithm and its age estimation technology. The latest versions are showing remarkably robust test results for facial images with masks. Mask-tolerant matching algorithm Advanced neural network training and a new face finder have contributed to generally increase the robustness against significant facial occlusion caused, for example, by a mask or...

Advanced deep learning methods and a new face finder are contributing to substantial performance upgrades for Cognitec’s FaceVACS face recognition engine. In particular, the new version shows higher accuracy rates for facial images with masks, strong poses and extreme mouth expressions. Extensive research and development efforts to enhance the company’s face finder technology resulted in a tenfold higher detection rate for faces largely covered by facial masks. A specialised algorit...

Cognitec maintains a successful partnership with WorldReach to facilitate remote identity verification during self-service ID issuance processes via their smartphone app. Applicants for passports, visas, residency/settlement programs or digital on-boarding services are required to take a selfie during the enrolment process. An automated back-end process verifies the claimed identity, validates the ID document via NFC and chip reads, checks for watch list alerts, completes a liveness check, and...

With 15,000 visitors per day, and a watch list of about 3,000 people, the casino faced an impossible task to recognise persons of interest in real time. Surveillance staff manually detected only 5–7 known persons per week and was looking for an automated face recognition system to support two separate requirements: Detecting voluntarily excluded patrons to promote responsible gambling and to avoid compliance fines associated with allowing these people to play Detecting banned persons o...

A new version of Cognitec’s technology lends a significant performance boost to the face recognition feature in the Nero MediaHome platform. The function allows users to find the same faces in digital images, and sort their photo collection by person. Sorting large quantities of images by person enables users to quickly produce slide shows for particular subjects. Finding faces and eyes also supports various image enhancement features, such as red-eye reduction and facial correction. Enh...

Cognitec is working with RDW, the Netherlands Vehicle Authority, to provide a digital application platform for the renewal of drivers’ licenses. The platform is now operational in 15 municipalities, growing to 30 municipalities during 2019, for almost 25% of Dutch residents. In 2020, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management will evaluate the system to decide on a national service that eliminates the mandatory visit at the city hall for driver’s license renewal. Cognitec f...

Cognitec’s research and development team has finalised the next generation of the company’s face matching algorithm, resulting in new releases of the complete product portfolio containing this superior technology. For this algorithm, Cognitec reported remarkable leaderboard positions in the NIST Ongoing Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 1:1, ahead of all face recognition companies with well-established market presence and products.  Top-ten ranking in accuracy tests Cognite...

Cognitec Systems, the face recognition company, has concluded extensive research and development efforts to greatly advance the accuracy and speed of its face matching algorithm. The high-performance algorithm has been integrated into Cognitec’s FaceVACS engine and is now available in new releases of all market-focused Cognitec products. In-house tests show leading-edge performance levels on a variety of large datasets across typical face recognition applications. These datasets range fro...

Cognitec Systems, the face recognition company, has significantly extended the feature set of its FaceVACS-DBScan product. The latest release combines the company’s renowned image database search technology with powerful video inspection tools for a multitude of investigation use cases. FaceVACS-DBScan LE enables fast import of video footage and detailed investigations of the extracted facial images. Agents can find known or unknown persons in multiple videos to quickly narrow down suspec...

This latest product release from Cognitec offers intuitive features to recognise and analyse faces in recorded media The video screening and analytics technology from Cognitec, FaceVACS-VideoScan, now allows users to perform complex searches on persons appearing in real-time camera streams and stored media files.User-friendly interfaceThe 5.3 product version introduces a user-friendly interface to quickly import sets of video and image files and then carry out detailed investi...

Cognitec released a new software version for its face recognition technology used in eGates for automated passport control procedures. Latest matching algorithm for recognising passport images FaceVACS-Entry combines smart hardware for facial image acquisition with market-leading software for verification processes, and is ready for integration into electronic gates (eGates) at border control checkpoints. The new software release, FaceVACS-Entry 5.3, includes Cognitec’s latest matching...

Cognitec FaceVACS-VideoScan technology helps strengthen physical security measures in Macau casinos Cognitec’s highly specialised face recognition technology FaceVACS-VideoScan was selected to strengthen physical security measures in major Macau casinos by alerting security staff in real time about banned persons entering the premises. Cognitec uses advanced face recognition technology In partnership with Melco Crown Entertainment, Cognitec supported the large-scal...