Visionics Announces Installation of IBIS Mobile Identification System in Ontario, CA Squad Cars
ONTARIO, Calif.--June 14, 2001--Visionics Corporation , the worldwide leader in identification technologies and systems, announced today the successful installation of its IBIS mobile identification system in Ontario, California squad cars.
This follows the completion of end-to-end testing with full wireless communication capabilities to the Cogent's fully Automated Palm & Fingerprint Identification System (APFIS) at the Ontario Police Department (OPD).
The pilot program (called SQUID) and the subsequent testing was made possible by a federal grant obtained for the Redlands and Ontario Police Departments with support from California Congressmen Jerry Lewis (R) and Gary Miller (R). The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) and is administered by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). Visionics Corporation and Cogent Systems, Inc., a leading automated identification technology provider based in South Pasadena, California, designed and implemented the integration at the OPD.
Notes Lloyd Scharf, Chief of Police of Ontario, "IBIS delivers ground-breaking capabilities to law enforcement. It is the only mobile identification system that captures fingerprints and photos and allows officers to identify subjects at remote locations and in real-time. This not only translates into reduced false arrests, faster response time and more efficient field operations, but also eliminates the inconvenience of transporting citizens to the police station for fingerprinting. We are enthusiastic about the impact it will have on our department and our community."
The IBIS system uses a hand-held portable device, called a Remote Data Terminal (RDT), which captures photographs, forensic-quality fingerprint images and magnetic stripe data. The data is then transmitted wirelessly to a laptop in the squad car and to the central IBIS server via the police radio communication system or cellular communications. At the IBIS server, the data is processed and transferred to one or more AFIS databases. If a fingerprint match exists, identification information is transferred back to the RDT. If there is no match, the fingerprint and photo files are discarded from the system.
"This is a major milestone in the development of the IBIS system and we are pleased to deliver on it as promised. It is an illustration of our leadership and innovation in the biometric industry. With AT&T, Cogent and Palomar Displays, we have combined cutting-edge technologies with our biometric capture and communications expertise. The Ontario Police Department has been instrumental in bringing these capabilities to the forefront," said Dr. Joseph J. Atick, president and chief executive officer of Visionics Corporation. "We can now look forward to delivering fully operational systems to law enforcement agencies throughout the country."
The City of Redlands, California and Hennepin County, Minnesota, continue to participate in the IBIS pilot.
About Visionics Corporation
Visionics Corporation is the worldwide leader in identification technologies and systems. Through its respective business lines - FaceIt(R), live scan, IBIS and BNP - the company delivers enabling technology, platforms, products and systems for biometric identification, with a specific focus on face recognition and forensic quality fingerprint identification. The award-winning FaceIt(R) technology enables a broad range of products and applications built by partners (OEMs, VARs and system integrators). These include enhanced CCTV systems, identity fraud applications and authentication systems for information security, access control, travel, banking and e-commerce. The TENPRINTER and FingerPrinter CMS live scan systems are the most widely used by government agencies, law enforcement, airports, banks and other commercial institutions in the US. The IBIS is a revolutionary mobile identification system that combines expertise in biometric capture and connectivity, and is capable of capturing both forensic quality fingerprints and photographs for transmission to law enforcement and other legacy databases. Finally, the BNP is a revolutionary platform for building scalable biometric solutions. These lines of business as a whole are reflective of Visionics' leadership position in the biometric industry and commitment to the innovation of identification technologies.
More information on Visionics can be accessed via the Company web site at http://www.visionics.com or by calling Frances Zelazny, Director of Corporate Communications at +1 201-332-9213.
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected on the basis of such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For a more complete description of these and other risk factors which may affect the future performance of Visionics Corporation, see "Risk Factors" in Digital Biometrics' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2000 and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2000, Form 8-K dated February 15, 2001 and the related Form 8-K/A, all of which have been filed with the SEC.