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NEC's third-party evaluation in biometric authentication
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.
NEC's face recognition, iris recognition, and fingerprint recognition technologies have been highly ranked by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Technical Evaluation
NEC's systems and services utilizing biometric authentication have been evaluated by external organizations.
Achievement Evaluation
NEC has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan as a leading company in the biometric authentication market consecutive times in 2020 and 2022,
Marketability Evaluation
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).
- ※1National 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. - ※2FRTE 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. - ※3FRVT 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. - ※4FRVT 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. - ※5IREX 10: Identification Track(2022Sep) Achieved No.1 ranking in 3 categories: Two-eye Accuracy, Single-eye Accuracy, Rank Accuracy.
Face Recognition
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2024 NIST FRTE
NEC Face Recognition Technology Ranks First in NIST Accuracy Testing -
2019 NIST FRVT
NEC Face Recognition Technology Ranks First in NIST Accuracy Testing -
2017 NIST FIVE
NEC's Video Face Recognition Technology Ranks First in NIST Testing -
2014 NIST FRVT
NEC's Face Recognition Technology Ranks First in NIST Testing
Iris Recognition
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2021 NIST IREX 10
NEC iris recognition technology ranks first in NIST accuracy testing -
2018 NIST IREX IX
NEC Iris Recognition Technology Ranks First in NIST Accuracy Testing
Fingerprint Recognition
Achievement Evaluation
NEC's systems and services utilizing biometric authentication have been evaluated by external organizations.
NEC Fellow Hitoshi Imaoka has received Japan's prestigious ’Medal with Purple Ribbon’ award in 2022, which is presented by the Cabinet Office to persons who have made outstanding achievements in science and technology, academia, and the field of sports and culture.
The award recognizes Imaoka’s contributions to safety and security around the world through the development and commercialization of high accuracy face recognition technology.