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NEC began researching fingerprint authentication technology in 1971, launched our first fingerprint authentication system for government in 1982, and has been expanding overseas since the late 1990s. In terms of face recognition, we have been conducting R&D started in 1989 and expanding worldwide since the late 2000s.
NEC is further enhancing its accuracy and speed, which has led to achieving the highest level of global recognition, securing top positions multiple times in vendor tests conducted by the U.S. government. In recent years, we have been advancing authentication technologies for parts other than faces and fingers, and pursuing multimodal systems that combine multiple authentication technologies, expanding their application in various everyday scenes.

Technical Evaluation

NEC's fingerprint recognition technology, face recognition technology, and iris recognition technology have achieved over 99% matching accuracy and received the top ranking in benchmark tests conducted by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST※1).

※1 National Institute of Standards and Technology.
　　Results shown from NIST do not constitute an endorsement of any particular system, product, service, or company by the U.S. government.
※2 FRTE Identification (2026Feb) Leaderboard Identification (T>0) by Algorithm Achieved No.1 ranking in 4 categories on the leaderboard: Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000;
　　Gallery: Visa, Probe: Border, N=1600000; Gallery: Visa, Probe: Kiosk, N1600000; Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot ΔT≧12YRS, N=3000000.
※3 FRTE Identification (2025Mar) Leaderboard Identification (T>0) Achieved No.1 ranking in 3 categories on the leaderboard: Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000;
　　Gallery: Border, Probe: Border ΔT≧10YRS, N=1600000; Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot ΔT≧12YRS, N=3000000.
※4 FRTE Identification (2024Jan) Leaderboard Identification (T>0) Achieved No.1 ranking in 4 categories on the leaderboard: Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000;
　　Gallery: Visa, Probe: Kiosk, N=1600000; Gallery: Border, Probe: Border ΔT≥10YRS, N=1600000; Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot ΔT≥12YRS, N=3000000.
※5 FRVT Ongoing 1:N Identification (2021Aug) Leaderboard Identification (T>0) Achieved No.1 ranking in 2 categories on the leaderboard:
　　Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000 and Gallery: Border, Probe: Border ΔT≧10YRS, N=1600000.
※6 FRVT Ongoing 1:N Identification (2022Jan) Leaderboard [Identification (T>0)] Achieved No.1 ranking in 3 categories on the leaderboard:
　　Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000; Gallery: Border, Probe: Border ΔT≧10YRS, N=1600000; Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot ΔT≧12YRS, N=3000000.
※7 IREX 10: Identification Track(2022Sep) Achieved No.1 ranking in 3 categories: Two-eye Accuracy, Single-eye Accuracy, Rank Accuracy.
※8  Friction Ridge Image and Features (FRIF) Technology Evaluation (TE) Exemplar One-to-Many (E1N) (2026Feb) Achieved No.1 ranking in FpVTE2012 – Class A.
※ The dates shown in the illustrations are those announced by NEC.

Marketability Evaluation

Achievement Evaluation

NEC's systems and services utilizing biometric authentication have been evaluated by external organizations.