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LG Electronics licenses proprietary iris recognition software from Iridian Technologies

Thursday, May 1, 2008

LG Electronics has entered into a license agreement with Iridian Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of L-1 Identity Solutions, to license proprietary iris recognition software. The companies also settled all historical issues and disputes among LGE and L-1, Iridian and Securimetrics Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of L-1 and have dismissed the pending litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, in Newark. [end] 

Neurotechnology announced that it has developed three versions of embedded solutions for Android-powered devices such as smart phones and tablets.

Specifically, Neurotechnology has ported its VeriFinger Embedded software development kit (SDK), which authenticates user identities via fingerprints, VeriLook Embedded SDK, which authenticates user identities via facial recognition, and MegaMatcher Embedded SDK, which authenticates user identities via both fingerprints and facial recognition. A version that utilizes iris recognition also is in the works.

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AOptix Technologies Inc. announced the launch of its Dash Six Iris Recognition Enterprise SDK. As a compliment to its InSight iris recognition systems, AOptix is rolling out Dash Six to increase matching accuracy to customers looking for openness, ease of integration and integration support.

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Lumidigm announced a partnership with Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited to bring a criminal identity solution that utilizes iris recognition and will also offer fingerprint recognition sensors from Lumidigm.

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AOptix Technologies has integrated its iris recognition system into 34 automated e-Gates at the Gatwick Airport South Terminal.

The decision to bring in AOptix and its iris systems, called InSight VM, was identity management technology developer and integrator Human recognition Systems (HRS), who had developed and implemented the gates already in place at the airport running on their MFlow Track solution.

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Viv.ie, a start-up located in Ireland working on face recognition technology, announced it is finishing a new type of facial recognition technology that does away with a number of the security pitfalls current facial recognition technology is commonly guilty of, according to a Sydney Morning Herald article.

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AOptix Technologies announced it will host a roundtable discussion centered around iris recognition systems’ involvement in air travel at the ACI – Airport Exchange show November 27 - 30 in Abu Dhabi.

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