2nd Gen Biometric Security—A new, second-generation biometric security solution with technology developed by the Israeli military is installed in a 200-student Los Angeles school with other deployments poised for Philadelphia and New York City. Manufactured by FST21 Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel, the SafeRise® System fuses best-of-breed biometrics and analytics and will be rolled out to new and retrofit high-rise, office, multifamily and multi-tenant markets.
SafeRise is a seamless and non-intrusive product that identifies user’s facial characteristics, voice print and behavioral patterns. “This is the beginning of how people will gain access to buildings in the 21st century,” said Avi Lupo, general manager, SafeRise Americas and a co-founder of the company with Major General (Res.) Aharon Zeevi Farkash, former head of Israeli Military Intelligence.
There’s been keen interest by property managers and developers, who see it as an added edge and perfect perk for their properties. It’s also an attractive source of recurring monthly revenue for monitoring companies.
“This is a unique technology developed for the Israeli Army,” said Lupo. “It’s a smart system that identifies people by the way they walk, talk, look and even what they drive. It can analyze voice patterns and stress levels. It’s not just one technology, it’s a fusion of technologies.” The system is comprised of software and hardware, including a redundant on-site server; IP door controllers; high-resolution megapixel cameras; IP intercoms; electronic locks and more.
Video analytics use software algorithms that monitor areas of interest to detect movement or changes in a video stream. SafeRise includes a people counter, speed and density measurements and tailgating. It can recognize a tenant’s voice to automatically open the door in response to speech and can automatically call a tenant when asked by a guest arriving at the door. License Plate Recognition (LPR) uses image recognition software algorithms to detect and read a vehicle’s license plate number for parking lot access by authorized vehicles. Upon vehicle exit, it cross-references the license plate number with a database of authorized drivers. If an unauthorized driver is detected, a live monitoring center is called.
Powerful Tools for Smaller ID Card Programs—The Alpha Card Light photo ID software from Alpha Card Systems features such user-friendly tools as pre-defined templates, rich text formatting, conditional design elements and integrated photo capture. The software is compatible with all brand-name ID card printers.
Power with the Touch of a Finger—The EverAccess series from EverFocus features the EBC-890 fingerprint controller with a built-in reader and single door controller that can work as a standalone, with other EverAccess controllers or over IP. Management features include entry/exit access, a backlit LED screen and built-in keypad.
Security Does Come in Small Packages—Honeywell’s OmniProx™ family is a complete line of 125 kHz HID compatible proximity readers available in four mounting options: mini-mullion; mullion; wall; and vandal-resistant. Increased security functions include optical tamper and security screw prevent attempts to compromise the system.
Access via Hand Verification—Instead of verifying a card or code, Schlage HandKey readers from Ingersoll Rand verify the person who is at the entrance. The HandKey reader looks at the three-dimensional size and shape of a user’s hand. The result is then converted and stored as a template for later use and verification.
Pronto Means ‘Pronto’— In a few seconds, the Magicard Pronto printer produces a card with a portrait, barcode, logo and edge to edge graphics with 300 DPI resolution. Additional features include a simple 3-color LED status indicator and plug and play design with Microsoft Windows® 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 compatible software drivers.
Ditch the Lock—The BioBox from SmartTouch Biometrics is a biometric safe which uses the latest in fingerprint recognition technology but is extremely simple to set-up and operate. Two swipes of your finger and you are enrolled as an authorized user. It also stores up to 120 authorized fingerprints.
Print Cards from Your Phone—Zebra Technologies now offers the ZebraLink Multiplatform Software Development Kit (SDK) and smart phone utility. This allows users to print from BlackBerry® smartphones directly to Zebra printers for on-demand printing of field service records, tracking tags, point-of-sale receipts, healthcare specimen labels and more.
Personalization Made Possible—The Datacard MPR5800™ inline card production and personalization system provides a multiple inline process from smart card manufacturing, to personalization and fulfillment in a single, modular system at speeds up to 10,000 cards per hour depending on configuration. The MPR5800 system targets the following applications: Telecom; financial; and inline Smart-card production & personalization.
Cogent AFIS Client Interface—The CAFIS client interface, CAFIS 6.0, from Cogent Systems offers a wide array of features and functions for processing tenprints, finger latents, palm prints and palm latents.
