NEC facial recognition takes top score in half of latest NIST 1:N test categories

NEC has claimed the highest biometric accuracy score in four of eight categories in the latest assessment from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology’s 1:N Identification track, as of the January 22, 2024 report.

NEC scored the top accuracy assessment for matching mugshots against a database of 12 million, at 99.88 percent. The company’s biometric algorithm also topped the Kiosk, Border at ten or more years and Mugshot at 12 or more years categories. It came second …

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