The market for face biometric or multi-modal physical access control is a little more crowded, with new solutions launched this week by SAFR, new ievo parent company CDVI, Telaeris and Invixium. SAFR from RealNetworks is introducing the new SAFR SCAN touchless biometric access control product for commercial and office settings at ISC West 2022 in Las Vegas this week, marking a new direction for the company's facial recognition software. RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser notes that the access control solution is the first integrated hardware product the company has ever made, and claims it is the most secure way to control access to a building or office ever made. The new SAFR SCAN is intended to run either as a standalone or networked biometric solutions, and can authenticate up to 30 people per minute, according to the announcement. It also utilizes 3D structured light and RGB for anti-spoofing liveness detection.

Indian AI-powered software firm Staqu has revealed the launch of TRINETRA, an AI application for the Uttar Pradesh Police Department. The application digitizes and search records using AI and carries records of criminals, assisting police forces at ground zero with real-time information retrieval during investigations, regular checks, verifications, and at police checkpoints. The firm said the app is powered by Staqu's expertise in facial recognition, visual search, machine learning, and deep learning, works well with low-resolution images and videos, and offers better accuracy than any other criminal recognition system. "With AI-powered Gang identification Technology, TRIENETRA not only identifies a criminal but also their associates active in different districts and part of the states."