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| The new face recognition system assures boarding pass authentication |
The system was launched at IATA's AVSEC 2008 conference, in Seoul, South Korea and gained substantial interest by aviation security officials.
C-Gate offers an innovative breakthrough solution for a dangerous loophole in airport security. This solution assists the airlines to conform to IATA regulations which define the airlines responsibility in ensuring that a passenger who checked in is identical to the one who boards the plane.
Leveraging thorough expertise in flight security procedures, the C-Gate solution has been designed to enable fast, non intrusive, biometric enrollment of the passenger face image at the check-in counter and automatic face verification of the passenger identity at the boarding gate to enhance the security level. C-Gate system assures boarding pass authentication by integrating flight information and facial features onto one operational record.
The C-Gate solution integrates smoothly into the airline ground operations without averting normal operational procedures. C-Gate stipulates no need to change current boarding pass vouchers or check-in procedures.
When a passenger obtains a boarding pass or acquires an e-Ticket, C-Gate captures the passenger's face, generates a template and attaches it to the scanned Bar-Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP), as specified by IATA 792 based on 2D barcodes (PDF417). Later, when the passenger approached the gate for boarding, C-Gate captures another image of the passenger and checks for match with the passenger's face template previously acquired in the database.
If a match is found, the system enables boarding and logs the transaction. If C-gate doesn't recognize the passenger his access is denied. Denied passengers images are captured and stored in the database, and activity log is produced for further investigations.
C-Gate facial recognition passenger authentication solution will serve airports, airlines, security service providers etc. in gaining better security and facilitation of passenger. While C-Gate prime focus is on security, facilitations benefits could be quickly realized, such as: automated duty free entrance verification checks, VIP's and frequent travelers' lounges entrance monitoring, face images in air crew's passenger's lists etc.
