Homeland Security Show | Episode 21

American Technology Innovations: Paul Schuepp of Animetrics

New 3D facial recognition software is re-opening cold cases for law enforcement and identifying potential terrorists or other bad guys for military and intelligence in the field. Animetrics CEO Paul Schuepp joined me to discuss his company’s products that are just now being deployed overseas to our security forces and here at home to law enforcement. A turned head, a partial face in a surveillance camera, bad light, or a blurred image all make identifying suspects difficult. Animetrics is being used by the government in a cloud-based architecture that can not only conduct “one-to-many” identity searches, but also takes a flat 2D image and converts it to a 3D geometric image. It does not matter if the image is incomplete; the software will compensate. The most incredible thing about the software is that a turned head in a 2D photo can be turned into a forward-facing 3D image for identification purposes, taking much of the guesswork out of law enforcement and intelligence activities. These “3D facial ‘signatures’ are then made available to credentialed users via any mobile or fixed digital device with Internet connectivity”, making Animetrics perhaps the most advanced company in today’s biometric solutions. We discussed Animetrics’ products, success stories, privacy concerns and how Animetrics’ solution is the complete dynamic opposite of the 2D, static facial image most of us are familiar with when we go get our driver’s license.

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