“ Obviously , we ’ re proud of it ,” Benji Hutchinson , vice president of federal operations at NEC Corporation of America .
Utilizing the new facial comparison technology ,
September 2018 Edition the CBP officer established that yet again , this traveler was not a match to the passport and referred her for further examination .
ing the new technology .
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That facial recognition system is powered in part by image matching software developed by NEC Corporation of America , the Platinum Award Winner in the 2017 ‘ ASTORS ’ Homeland Security Awards Program and a strong competitor in the 2018 ‘ AS- TORS ’ Awards .
“ Obviously , we ’ re proud of it ,” Benji Hutchinson , vice president of federal operations at NEC Corporation of America .
“ The fact is the match worked . It said this person is not the same person . A human may not have been able to catch that .”
Utilizing the new facial comparison technology ,
September 2018 Edition the CBP officer established that yet again , this traveler was not a match to the passport and referred her for further examination .
A secondary examination confirmed that the traveler was a Ghanaian citizen and an impostor to the U . S . passport .
CBP is withholding the woman ’ s name while an investigation continues .
Inadmissible criminals and other foreign nationals routinely attempt various means to enter the United States , and may use stolen , purchased or “ borrowed ” passports .
“ Customs and Border Protection ’ s facial comparison system is highly effective and efficient at detecting impostors ,” added Durst .
Less than three weeks later , IAD intercepted a second impostor trying to gain access to the U . S .
A 26-year-old woman , who arrived on a flight from Accra , Ghana , presented a U . S . passport to a CBP officer for admission as a returning citizen .
( See how the Federal government is using biometrics technology to address today ’ s national security challenges such as border security , homeland defense and transnational criminals . NEC has partnered with federal agencies to deploy world-renowned advanced recognition systems solutions in a variety of ways , including improving border security and expediting entry and exit programs at some of the largest and busiest airports in the U . S .)
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