Biometric technologies in national ID systems serve to accurately authenticate valid national ID cards, and avoid the risk of issuing duplicate cards to citizens. This extra layer of identity verification vastly increases the security in government and commercial environments where confirming the identity of the individual is imperative.

For fast and accurate verification of each voter's identity on Election Day, governments are able to employ biometrics and a centralized voter ID database with all eligible voters' data to prevent election fraud.
Employing the world's fastest and most accurate biometric identification technology, the speed and accuracy of NEC's Voter ID solution ensures that eligible voters are identified quickly to avoid long queues.

In many countries that do not have National IDs, driver licenses have become the de facto standard form of identification, which elevates the need to improve the security of these documents. Biometric technologies enable governments to create a more secure Driver License system by eliminating duplicate and fraudulent Driver License.

NEC Banking ID is a complete and integrated security solution to validate the identity of patrons at the bank teller window, ATM or web portal. Instead of relying on PIN access, which numbers can be forgotten or stolen, bank customers' identities can be confirmed with biometric matching.

NEC provides patient record solutions that use its No. 1 rated biometrics for patient identification. Even the identities of unaccompanied and unconscious patients can be made quickly with biometrics matching, providing doctors with important health history records. Healthcare ID also utilizes multi-biometric technologies to confirm the identity of patients participating in confidential clinical studies or receiving psychiatric drugs that must be closely controlled.

The NEC Retail ID solution can be used to improve security measures, customer satisfaction and advertising effectiveness. Biometric recognition, available through Retail ID, is a valuable tool to confirm a customer's identity when processing financial transactions, or frequent customer card programs.

NEC's AFIS technology has assisted law enforcement agencies worldwide in the apprehension and conviction of thousands of criminals. Applying biometrics technologies in public safety can create an integrated law enforcement environment that helps to reduce risk, protect the officers, and enhance productivity.

With Jail ID, multi-biometric technologies are used to verify the identities of inmates and jail visitors. For inmates, Jail ID confirms the identity of an individual during the pre-booking process, prior to release, and monitors facility transfers without requiring rebooking.

NEC's security force management solution is an integrated solution that efficiently simplifies the management of police tasks. Real-time information and statistics processing expedites information management and optimizes investigation tasks. Ultimately, our security force management solution helps law enforcement solve crimes and capture criminals faster.

Adding NEC's biometric recognition technologies to logon procedures ensures that only authorized employees are gaining access to confidential information. NEC's access control unit and management software track all activity for each user logged into the network, and can generate a report for the Human Resources system to calculate compensation for each employee.

Controlling vehicle access on secured premises can be realized through NEC's license plate matching solution, which matches license plates automatically against a registered database. The solution can also use facial authentication to confirm the identity of the driver, and surveillance cameras to scan the undercarriage of the vehicle.

E-passports combine a traditional paper passport with contactless smartcards containing biometric information. Biometric information about the passport holder is authenticated against information on the chip.

NEC's eGate automated bi-directional boarding gate utilizes NeoFace®, NEC's facial recognition technology, and its fingerprint recognition technologies to monitor people entering and exiting a facility or areas within the facility. NeoFace® can match face images regardless of the vantage point or changes in appearance, such as hats, glasses, facial hair or expression.

Advance screening and registration of frequent travelers at airports or railway stations enables these VIP customers to arrive at their gates faster, securely and with less hassle. A registered traveler program also reduces the volume of people who require a full security check, speeding up the wait time for all travelers, and improving customer services overall.

Securing borders from terrorist or criminal activity is imperative. A more exhaustive passenger inspection available through NEC involves multi-biometric 1:n identification search against a watch list of fugitives or individuals deemed dangerous.

NEC has the world's best technology in the field of face and fingerprint recognition systems and the world's fastest processing software configuration. This provides clients with high-speed, minimally stressful clearance systems. Our biometrics immigration identification and clearance systems are used at Japanese and several other Asian international airports. NEC can tailor the biometrics (fingerprint, face, iris, and vein) recognition technology to create a perfect match for the client's requested gate design.

Facial surveillance strengthens security and criminal investigations by warning security personnel whenever travelers are identified as individuals registered on watch lists. NEC's facial surveillance system utilizes advanced surveillance cameras, face recognition technology, and facial image databases to deliver accurate verification regardless of age differences, race, face angle or lighting.

NEC offers a high-end video behavior detection solution that monitors behaviors and flags any actions pre-determined as unusual. A video clip is sent instantly to security personnel capturing the activity that triggered the alarm, eliminating the need for guards to select cameras and search videos. They can assess each alert within seconds to determine the appropriate response.

High sensitivity CCTV (closed-circuit television) and infrared cameras can be used to detect intruders, unidentified objects, unusual behavior, fire or any types of environmental abnormality. Since high sensitivity color cameras can produce color images even under faint lighting conditions, the object's temperature does not affect the clarity of the image; this enables identifying human objects and recognizing names and signs on hulls of ships on seas even at night time. Human objects located more than a few kilometers away can be detected by choosing the appropriate lenses.

Integrated security solutions all feed into a central control center. Modular surveillance technologies can be connected to NEC's integrated management solution, which provides centralized management of access control, CCTV cameras, and facility alarms. By enabling centralized management of alarm logs and image data as well as simultaneous access from mobile terminals, it can serve as an effective tool for analyzing problems, making it more than just a surveillance solution.

Fiber optic sensors detect vibrations or pressure caused by potential intruders. They are valuable for monitoring fences, floors, walls, ceilings, and roofs. Also, even in the absence of physical boundaries, the image recognition system is capable of logically inferring the area for surveillance, enabling more comprehensive intrusion detection.