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2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 Top page > News > 2008 [Sagawa Advance] Launches full-scale marketing of "3-D Face Recognition/Employee Attendance Records Management System." An integrated security system that simultaneously enables personal identification using three-dimensional face recognition, and management of employee time and attendance records. -Entering the business of sales & leasing of facility security systems-(5/8/2008) Sagawa Advance Co., Ltd., jointly with AMANO Corporation (Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture) and System IO Co., Ltd. (Minato-ku, Tokyo), has developed a 3-D Face Recognition/Employee Attendance Records Management security system that for the first time integrates three-dimensional facial recognition, a key biometric recognition technology, with employee time and attendance data collection. Full-scale marketing of the system will start from May 2008. [Background] The need for advanced security and personal identification systems for daily business operations is increasing in response to growing public interest in the issues of internal control and compliance, largely due to the introduction of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law (the Japanese version of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act). This Law requires listed companies in particular to promote various in-house reforms. Under such circumstances, business enterprises and other organizations are required to introduce appropriate, effective measures to prevent improper conduct of employees and associates, as well as illegal accesses to confidential information. For this reason, Sagawa Advance Co., Ltd. has developed the 3-D Face Recognition/Employee Attendance Records Management System in cooperation with AMANO Corporation and System IO Co., Ltd., firms with proven records in the fields of employee attendance records management and facial recognition technologies, respectively. This new system pioneers the interlinked operation of three-dimensional facial recognition and employee attendance data collection functions. [Outline] The 3-D Face Recognition/Employee Attendance Records Management System enables digital management of employee time and attendance records by using people's face as a unique, non-replaceable set of biological information effective for personal identification for security purposes, which is then merged together with a time card function. Image of the installed system System Mechanism   This system actuates simultaneous infrared irradiation and visual capture functions, enabling the subject's face to be registered in the form of 3-D data. Such data enables accurate differentiation of one person from another among identical twins since detected facial characteristics are precisely encoded in units of nanometers (one billionth of a meter) in the form of 40,000-point template data. The system is also able to capture as many as 30 image frames/second, making it possible to recognize a person quickly in less than one second. Image of 3-D template System Advantages     -  With no need to issue IC cards, the material costs of cards and operating costs of administrative tasks can be reduced. Administrative personnel can be released from complicated tasks and procedures such as issuance and reissuance of cards, accident prevention associated with lost or stolen cards, management of card data, and implementation of security measures.   -  The use of a person's face, which conveys a unique, non-replaceable set of biological information, for personal identification makes it possible to ensure reliability of employee time records and prevent unauthorized entry of persons not registered or attempting to impersonate registered employees.   -  Attendance tracking within a facility can be done securely and easily.   -  With employee attendance records management software (required separately), the entered face recognition data together with corresponding ID numbers and time data can be interlinked with an in-house accounting system for wage management and other functions. As part of its facility management business, Sagawa Advance Co., Ltd. provides consulting services in the field of building/facility security, including support for acquisition of TAPA certification (*1), for ISMSs (*2), internal control, and risk management. Taking advantage of business opportunities in the sales & leasing of security systems as well as the above consulting services, Sagawa Advance intends to expand its efforts in the field of facility security. The development and marketing of the "3-D Face Recognition/Employee Attendance Records Management System" is an important step in that direction. *1  TAPA Certification TAPA stands for Transported Asset Protection Association, a nonprofit corporation established in the United States in 1997 as the first organization jointly founded by U.S. manufacturers, shippers, exporters, importers, inspectors and consultants of high-tech products. TAPA specifies security standards to prevent products from being lost or stolen in the process of transport and storage (i.e., standards to ensure safe and secure in-transit storage and warehousing of products), and TAPA certification is granted to those who meet the TAPA security standards as recognized through examinations. *2  ISMS An ISMS, or Information Security Management System, is a comprehensive framework by which business enterprises and other organizations can appropriately manage all of its information while protecting that which is classified. Not limited to computer systems security alone, an ISMS offers total risk management that includes basic policies (security policies) for information handling, concrete plans based on those policies, implementation and operation of plans, and periodic reassessment of objectives and plans. Click here to visit the website of Sagawa Advance Co., Ltd. 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