The Fraunhofer-IGD's department for Security Technology in Graphics and Communication Systems is working on the realization of information assurance and security services (confidentiality, integrity, reliability, availability, etc.) and their integration into information and communication systems. Special interests are the development of security mechanisms and protocols adapted to the particular requirements of multimedia communications and co-operation including access control, copyright protection and management for multimedia data.
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3D Face
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) seeks for technologies and processes that are suitable for automated self-identification at international borders that will enable unattended border crossing. The performance of 2D face recognition is not satisfactory by far because it is very sensitive to pose variation, illumination situation and other disturbance factors. Moreover there are no reliable mechanisms for liveness detection and protection against spoofing and identity hiding attacks.
The 3D Face project is focused on 3D face recognition technology research, including fusion with 2D face recognition technologies, and its application in secure environments. The department »Security Technology for Graphic and Communication Systems« of the Fraunhofer IGD is in charge of the sub-project »Research and Technology«. Within this sub-project the biometrics experts of Fraunhofer IGD are further developing recognition algorithms and are responsible for the development of the prototype.
