In response to the increasing demand for face recognition technology on mobile devices, Cognitec Systems, a key parter of Argus Global, is now able to provide customers with the FaceVACS recognition engine for Android application development.

Cognitec’s software development kit FaceVACS-SDK provides development tools for the most common face recognition functions, such as verification, enrollment and identification.

Additional functionality is provided for finding human faces and eyes in images, for tracking faces in video streams, and for analysing face characteristics for biometric photo acquisition.

Over the past three years, both security and consumer markets have begun to explore the use of mobile face recognition applications. Military intellingence and police forces use mobile devices to identify suspects on the street, as the handheld device captures a suspect photo and compares it to image databases connected through mobile networks.

Face recognition apps can support secure login and authentication procedures, for the device itself or via apps on the phone or tablet. For example, face recognition can be one biometric modality that provides authentication for mobile payments.

Many face recognition applications may soon move from traditional desktop computers to mobile devices and cloud storage solutions.

A mobile app could also be used for biometric photos required for ePassports and other ID documents, or to communicate with an access control system.

The development of sophisticated apps for powerful mobile devices will certainly cause the extension of use cases for face recognition technology, offering users effectiveness, convenience and security.

For more information about biometric app development, visit the Argus Global website at http://argus-global.co.uk