Case Study: Lenovo™ and VeriLook
Lenovo
selected VeriLook 3.0 to be the facial recognition engine for PC user
authentication and file encryption in their webcam-enabled notebook
computers.
Company Profile
- Lenovo
is an innovative, international technology company formed as a result
of the acquisition by the Lenovo Group of the IBM Personal Computing
Division.
- Lenovo is a global company with executive
offices in Raleigh (North Carolina, USA), Beijing (China) and
Singapore. Its principal operations are in Beijing (China), and Raleigh
(North Carolina, USA), with an enterprise sales organization worldwide.
- As
one of the top companies in the PC market, Lenovo develops,
manufactures and markets a variety of reliable, high-quality PC
products and value-added professional services.
- Lenovo
has shipped more than a million notebook computers that include
Neurotechnologija's VeriLook facial recognition technology.
Lenovo
was looking for reliable facial recognition technology for their
notebook computers at a price point that enabled them to keep their
prices competitive.
With the stated goal "to provide
customers around the world with smarter ways to be productive and
competitive," the R&D leaders at Lenovo wanted to offer their
customers a faster and easier way to securely log on to their computers
and encrypt files without having to rely on passwords and PIN numbers
that can be easily lost or forgotten. So when the company decided to
create a facial recognition application suite for their notebook
computers, Lenovo searched for a facial recognition engine that would
enable them to offer the high performance and reliability their
customers for keeping their products competitive in the PC marketplace.
Lenovo selected VeriLook from
Neurotechnologija as the facial recognition engine for its PC user
logon and file encryption applications that are now available in
several series of webcam-enabled notebook computers, including the
Tianyi series and L3000, Y310 and Y410 series computers.
After considering many face recognition engines, Lenovo found that VeriLook best meets their requirements.
Lenovo's decision was based on a number of factors, including:
- The
VeriLook algorithm provides the combination of accuracy and high speed
required for PC applications such as user logon and file encryption.
- VeriLook
can work with a broad range of cameras and resolutions and consistently
deliver excellent results. This enabled Lenovo to keep their software
better compatibility while implementing facial recognition technology
in their notebook computers.
- Neurotechnologija
provides a detailed development guide; fast, free and unlimited
technical support and ongoing algorithm updates that ensure Lenovo's
products always have the latest technology and best performance.
- Excellent performance. Customers appreciate having the benefits of facial recognition technology in their notebook computers.
"VeriLook gives us a lot of flexibility in the development of our facial recognition-related functionality, " said Meng Zhiming, notebook application R&D engineer for Lenovo.
"Because
of VeriLook's broad compatibility with PC cameras and low hardware
requirements, we can easily develop and integrate a variety of facial
recognition functions that work on a range of different cameras and
notebook PCs."
"We've
been working with Neurotechnologija for nearly two years now and we
have been consistently pleased with their technologies and their
ongoing commitment to their partners," said Li Yongping, manager of Lenovo notebook application R&D.
"VeriLook enables us to offer our customers advanced facial recognition technology that is both reliable and affordable."
About VeriLook
The VeriLook algorithm
from Neurotechnologija provides the capabilities of the most powerful
facial recognition algorithms at a highly competitive price. The VeriLook 3.0 Software Development Kit
(SDK) enables the development of fast, reliable and cost-effective
biometric facial recognition systems on Microsoft Windows, Linux and
Mac OSX platforms. Using a standard Webcam or security camera, the
VeriLook 3.0 algorithm can match 100,000 faces per second with high
reliability and can detect multiple faces in a single frame and process
all of them simultaneously.
VeriLook 3.0 provides both 1:1 and 1:many
matching modes and works with any database and any user interface,
providing hardware manufacturers, biometric systems developers and
security system integrators with facial recognition technology that can
be used in a wide array of security systems.
For more information:
For more information about Lenovo and their products: http://www.lenovo.com
For more information about VeriLook pricing, product capabilities and
specifications as well as other products available through Fulcrum Biometrics: http://www.fulcrumbiometrics.com
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