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NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation delivers biometric and AI-driven solutions for aviation security and passenger processing, tackling long queues, manual checks, and identity verification bottlenecks at airports by enabling seamless, touchless journeys from check-in to boarding using facial recognition as a single token, reducing processing times by up to 67% while enhancing security and privacy.

NEC plays a pivotal role as integrated biometric systems for secure identity verification across sectors like public safety, aviation, banking, and national ID. Its solutions enable touchless processing, fraud prevention, and real-time matching via multimodal tech (e.g., Smart ID for mobile field use), deployed for immigration, law enforcement, and seamless airport journeys

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COUNTRY

Japan

FUNDING STAGE

Public

KEY OFFERINGS

  • Integra-ID® AFIS: Advanced software automatically analyzes and matches fingerprints, palmprints, and facial images from crime scenes or enrollment scans against large databases, using VRP technology to extract key fingerprint features without manual editing. This eliminates time-consuming human preparation of prints and delivers faster, more accurate identifications for investigators

  • Integra-ID® Archive: Secure digital storage system that converts paper fingerprint cards and case documents into searchable online records, with a smart search engine that finds matches using names, numbers, or descriptions. It streamlines how police retrieve old evidence during investigations, saving hours of manual digging through files

  • NeoFace® Reveal: Specialized workstation that cleans up blurry or low-quality face images from CCTV or photos, then compares them against mugshot databases to rank potential suspects with similarity scores. Investigators can quickly review top matches to crack cases where evidence faces are unclear

  • NeoFace® Watch: Integrates with existing airport/security cameras to scan crowds in real-time, instantly alerting operators when it spots watchlisted individuals like fugitives without needing new hardware. It automates what used to be manual video monitoring by thousands of hours, preventing threats proactively

  • NeoFace® SMART ID: Smartphone app lets field officers capture a suspect's face, fingerprints, or voice recording anywhere, then searches national databases instantly even offline for lights-out identification. Officers no longer need physical IDs or station visits to confirm identities on-site

  • NeoFace® Match: Software toolkit (SDK) that developers plug into their own apps or gates to add NEC's world-leading face recognition, working identically across phones, servers, or cameras without recoding. It removes the complexity of building custom biometric matching from scratch. Enables seamless e-Gates and contactless payments at airports worldwide

  • NEC Iris Recognition: High-accuracy infrared technology scans unique iris patterns for 1:N matching against databases, even in low-light or at-a-distance. Solves unreliable ID in dark/secure environments where fingerprints fail (gloves) or faces degrade (masks/angles)

  • SmartScan™ serves as a fingerprint, palm print, facial, and iris livescan kiosk that's scalable and secure

  • NEC's Digital ID solution centers on advanced facial recognition technology for secure, passwordless identity verification and authentication. It leverages over 20 years of biometric innovation to combat fraud while enhancing user experience across sectors like banking, healthcare, and aviation

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COUNTRY

Japan

FUNDING STAGE

Public

KEY OFFERINGS

  • Integra-ID® AFIS: Advanced software automatically analyzes and matches fingerprints, palmprints, and facial images from crime scenes or enrollment scans against large databases, using VRP technology to extract key fingerprint features without manual editing. This eliminates time-consuming human preparation of prints and delivers faster, more accurate identifications for investigators

  • Integra-ID® Archive: Secure digital storage system that converts paper fingerprint cards and case documents into searchable online records, with a smart search engine that finds matches using names, numbers, or descriptions. It streamlines how police retrieve old evidence during investigations, saving hours of manual digging through files

  • NeoFace® Reveal: Specialized workstation that cleans up blurry or low-quality face images from CCTV or photos, then compares them against mugshot databases to rank potential suspects with similarity scores. Investigators can quickly review top matches to crack cases where evidence faces are unclear

  • NeoFace® Watch: Integrates with existing airport/security cameras to scan crowds in real-time, instantly alerting operators when it spots watchlisted individuals like fugitives without needing new hardware. It automates what used to be manual video monitoring by thousands of hours, preventing threats proactively

  • NeoFace® SMART ID: Smartphone app lets field officers capture a suspect's face, fingerprints, or voice recording anywhere, then searches national databases instantly even offline for lights-out identification. Officers no longer need physical IDs or station visits to confirm identities on-site

  • NeoFace® Match: Software toolkit (SDK) that developers plug into their own apps or gates to add NEC's world-leading face recognition, working identically across phones, servers, or cameras without recoding. It removes the complexity of building custom biometric matching from scratch. Enables seamless e-Gates and contactless payments at airports worldwide

  • NEC Iris Recognition: High-accuracy infrared technology scans unique iris patterns for 1:N matching against databases, even in low-light or at-a-distance. Solves unreliable ID in dark/secure environments where fingerprints fail (gloves) or faces degrade (masks/angles)

  • SmartScan™ serves as a fingerprint, palm print, facial, and iris livescan kiosk that's scalable and secure

  • NEC's Digital ID solution centers on advanced facial recognition technology for secure, passwordless identity verification and authentication. It leverages over 20 years of biometric innovation to combat fraud while enhancing user experience across sectors like banking, healthcare, and aviation

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  • Delight Digital ID (NEC NeoFace), 2022 - India's AAI airports (Varanasi, Pune, Kolkata, Vijayawada): Deployed for DigiYatra touchless boarding via app/kiosk selfie registration linked to e-tickets. Enables seamless face-based verification at entry/check-in/security/boarding, covering 56% passengers at Varanasi with 60% faster processing. Solved congestion, document queues, physical contact during post-COVID passenger surges while cutting airline tarmac fees

  • NeoFace® (cloud-based back-end matching): Performs all biometric facial image analysis for U.S. CBP entry/exit processing at land, sea, and airports. Captures passenger faces via kiosks/gates, matches against DHS databases for identity verification

  • NeoFace® integration (CBP matching service), LAX/ATL TSA checkpoints: Piloted NEC's facial recognition service integrated into TSA security screening at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then expanded to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). Enabled curb-to-gate frictionless processing using face-only Digital ID, eliminating the need for government credentials or boarding passes at checkpoints

  • NeoFace Smart ID: Turns smartphones or tablets into mobile biometric devices for law enforcement. Field officers capture faces, fingerprints, voice, and latent prints to match against databases for rapid suspect/victim identification and crime scene evidence collection, even offline

  • NeoFace Reveal analyzes low-quality or blurry facial images from surveillance or photos. Law enforcement uses it to match against mugshot databases, ranking suspects for investigations, fraud detection, and intelligence, as deployed by Irving PD

  • NeoFace Watch monitors live video feeds from cameras in real-time. It alerts security on watchlisted individuals at airports, borders, or public spaces, with forensic search of archives

    (Some use cases missing for the devices not mentioned)

/USE CASES

  • Delight Digital ID (NEC NeoFace), 2022 - India's AAI airports (Varanasi, Pune, Kolkata, Vijayawada): Deployed for DigiYatra touchless boarding via app/kiosk selfie registration linked to e-tickets. Enables seamless face-based verification at entry/check-in/security/boarding, covering 56% passengers at Varanasi with 60% faster processing. Solved congestion, document queues, physical contact during post-COVID passenger surges while cutting airline tarmac fees

  • NeoFace® (cloud-based back-end matching): Performs all biometric facial image analysis for U.S. CBP entry/exit processing at land, sea, and airports. Captures passenger faces via kiosks/gates, matches against DHS databases for identity verification

  • NeoFace® integration (CBP matching service), LAX/ATL TSA checkpoints: Piloted NEC's facial recognition service integrated into TSA security screening at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then expanded to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). Enabled curb-to-gate frictionless processing using face-only Digital ID, eliminating the need for government credentials or boarding passes at checkpoints

  • NeoFace Smart ID: Turns smartphones or tablets into mobile biometric devices for law enforcement. Field officers capture faces, fingerprints, voice, and latent prints to match against databases for rapid suspect/victim identification and crime scene evidence collection, even offline

  • NeoFace Reveal analyzes low-quality or blurry facial images from surveillance or photos. Law enforcement uses it to match against mugshot databases, ranking suspects for investigations, fraud detection, and intelligence, as deployed by Irving PD

  • NeoFace Watch monitors live video feeds from cameras in real-time. It alerts security on watchlisted individuals at airports, borders, or public spaces, with forensic search of archives

    (Some use cases missing for the devices not mentioned)