SCANNERS which match the faces of passengers to their passports are to be fitted at all British airports after a successful trial in Manchester. More than 300,000 passengers have been scanned since the machines were installed at Manchester Airport’s Terminal One a year ago.

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Home Secretary Alan Johnson saw new automatic passport gates in operation at Gatwick Airport today. Passengers with biometric passports can use the fast-track system to beat the queues at immigration. The gates use facial recognition technology to match passengers with the electronic picture stored in their passport. Details are also checked against police and terror watch lists.

Nearly one million passengers have passed through electronic gates at Gatwick, Manchester, Stansted, Cardiff and Bristol Airports, including 50,000 at Gatwick, since August.

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Vision-Box exhibited last week during 17-19 November at Cartes 2009, in France. Cartes is the leading exhibition for banking technologies and e-transactions, with mobile payment and contactless in the spotlight, and security-related technologies, biometrics, with a focus on ID management. Vision-Box showcased its latest cutting edge video surveillance solutions and its newest VB i-Match® recently deployed at a further eight airports in Europe.

Vision-Box attended ID World in Milan, Italy from the 3-5 November 2009. The event is a comprehensive showcase on the evolving world of RFID, biometrics and smart card technologies, and is the only international forum that looks at the advanced auto ID industry as a whole, rather than focusing on a specific technology or vertical sector. Vision-Box’s senior Vice-President’s presentation on the company’s pioneering automatic border clearance solution was a success, and highlighted the lastest deployments made throughout Europe.

On the 5th of November at ID World, Mr. Miguel Leitmann, Vision-Box’s Senior Vice President, will present the case study about Vision-Box’s latest deployments, providing technical insight and describing the general business requirements, which define the framework for a successful implementation of ABC gates in Europe and around the world.

“Case study: Vision-Box passport gates installed throughout Europe”

Identity recognition and electronic document verification with Vision-Box’s Automated Border Clearance (ABC) gates: it’s all about more speed and increased security at border controls using advanced biometric technologies. With more than 150 deployed systems deployed and millions of airport passengers who have used the gates since mid-2007, this concept has proven itself to be the best solution for efficient and automated clearance at the borders.

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Biometrics 2009 showcased the latest standards, testing and government policy and outlined what needs to be done to ensure broader practical implementation of the technology. Vision-Box introduced its new automatic border clearance system, the vb i-Match®, and the newest solutions in intelligent video surveillance systems.

The 17th International Exhibition for Airport Equipment, Technology, Design & Services took place for the first time at the exhibition grounds of the Munich Trade Fair Centre, during the 6th and 9th of October. In total, 12,035 trade visitors from some 120 countries came to visit the leading exhibition for the airport industry. Vision-Box was present and introduced its newest automatic border clearance system, the VB i-Match® and  its new video surveillance solutions.