Facestation is an IP based biometric access control terminal featuring facial recognition technology which identifies individuals from their facial image features. Conventional face recognition technology contains inherent weak points brought by lighting intensity and pose variation. Facestation’s face recognition technology overcomes such weak points with advanced algorithms and its patented adaptive IR illumination technology. According to Suprema, this breakthrough technology in Facestation enables the face image extraction process to be robust against various lighting conditions while achieving incredible matching speed (1:1,000<1second) which they say far outpaces all other face recognition devices in the market.

Facestation also features live face detection technology by analysing eye context from extracted images which distinguishes actual human face subjects from imitated face images. Furthermore, Facestation provides contactless, hands-free biometric authentication which allows for a more convenient and hygienic method of identification than other access control technology.

"Facestation will open up a whole new generation of face recognition, defying preconceived limitations in face authentication while delivering innovative features to meet growing expectations from markets," said Young Moon, Vice President at Suprema.

'Facestation' introduces an entirely new way of designing facial recognition terminals. It features ideally angled front face to maximize its coverage on users’ height, and offers a wide touch screen LCD to deliver clear images and messages with a wide viewing angle to users. The device provides auto detection mode with proximity sensor and customisable hot keys for various time attendance functions.

Facestation offers an array of high-end features including wide 4.3-inch WVGA touch screen LCD, dual-CPU processing (1.7GHz in total), videophone interface and embedded web server. By offering TCP/IP, PoE and Wifi features, Facestation completes the true IP access control concept which brings lower per-door costs with extra stability and scalability.

In addition, it offers comprehensive communication interfaces and relays. It allows flexible system design with TCP/IP, 2-channel RS485, RS232, USB and Wiegand interfaces. It also has multiple in/out ports, and for further expansion, an optional external relay unit is available.

"I believe Facestation will open up a new era of biometrics. Facial recognition is the most convenient and intuitive biometric technology. No touch, no privacy concern and no need for training. Just a glimpse at the device will open a door. I am sure there is no easier way of access control," Young added. "Facial recognition is no more a future technology you only need to look at sci-fi movies to see it."