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COPLINK Face Match Module Presented at IACP 2009
New Face Match™ software module speeds up identification of suspects in COPLINK
Denver, CO – In a major advance for rapidly identifying potential suspects in criminal investigations, i2 has announced the general availability of the Face Match™ module as part of its award-winning COPLINK analysis software suite. This will be one of the highlights on the company's stand at IACP 2009, currently held in Denver, Colorado, until October 7.
COPLINK provides a central data warehouse which collates information from many individual police stations, typically including images of suspects and convicted criminals. In undertaking a facial recognition search, a 'probe' image of the individual to be identified is presented to the Face Match™ module, which then searches the COPLINK database to find similar faces.
"This approach works especially well in COPLINK," confirms Robert Griffin, CEO, i2, "as the majority of police photographs present a clear, full frontal image, typically taken in a controlled police station environment. However, as one law enforcement agency recently demonstrated, it has also proved successful in finding a match for a surveillance camera image, which resulted in a subsequent arrest of a robbery suspect."
i2's Facial Recognition software works by using highly advanced mathematical algorithms to create a unique mathematical signature of the face – and then stores this signature within the COPLINK database. Any new image is then similarly encoded and a comparison made to find the closest matches.
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The new facial recognition software has already been purchased by Orange County, California, and will be used within its existing COPLINK implementation.
The face recognition technology is being used successfully in King County, Washington.
About i2
i2 Inc is the leading provider of intelligence and investigation solutions for defence, national security, law enforcement and commercial security. Over 4500 organisations in 149 countries rely on the i2 Intelligence-Led Operations Platform to proactively deter, prevent, predict and disrupt the world's most sophisticated criminal and terrorist threats. i2 started the intelligence revolution in 1990 and continues to lead the industry in innovation with products like i2 Analyst's Notebook® and COPLINK®. These solutions enable public safety officers, analysts, managers, detectives and investigators to uncover hidden connections faster, deliver timely and actionable results and communicate complex situations more clearly than ever. For more information, please visit www.i2inc.com
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