Human Recognition Systems wins Office for Security and Counter Terrorism award

Suggested technology allows face and iris recognition technology while on the move and from a distance

Human Recognition Systems has won first prize and £30,000 funding in the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism’s INSTINCT Technology Demonstrator 2 project.

The UK Government-sponsored TD2 project focuses on finding new technologies, systems and ideas from any sized business or academic institution to enhance aviation security and passenger experiences and potentially help to increase airport revenues.

Human Recognition Systems’ solution provides face and iris recognition while on the move and from distance. The technology enables passengers to have a more streamlined airport experience, while at the same time enhancing aviation security through the use of biometrics.

Once enrolled on the system, passengers would walk through a series of archways during the transition from land side to air side, enabling security officials to monitor they’re movements.

Over 40 technologies were selected to be at the TD2 Showcase event. Around 20 of the selected companies also carried out live trials at some of the UK’s busiest airports to show how their technologies could potentially be integrated within the airports of the future.

Support to develop technologies, solutions or ideas into real products that can be quickly implemented within the aviation security environment is a key deliverable for the INSTINCT-TD2 project, as is the awareness of these ‘products’ and their capabilities by the airport, airline and security authorities and companies worldwide.

Human Recognition Systems is one of the UK’s market leaders in biometrics and human behaviour analytics technology, developing and delivering innovative products to resolve clients’ challenges with identity management.

The company operates in a number of industries outside of aviation helping clients to manage the operational challenges of access control, people flow, identity verification, monitoring behaviours and policy enforcement.

Sam Keayes, managing director of Thales said: "Human Recognition Systems worked in partnership with SRI International on trialling the ‘Biometrics In Motion’ iris recognition solution at a UK airport, and then demonstrated the idea at the TD2 showcase, where it attracted significant interest from the aviation industry and Government agencies alike."

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