Aware's Comprehensive Suite of Software Provides Key Functionality for
e-Passport Enrollment, Personalization, and Reader Systems
BEDFORD, Mass., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aware, Inc. (Nasdaq:
AWRE), a global provider of imaging and biometrics software, today announced
that it will demonstrate its comprehensive suite of biometrics software tools
in its booth at the Electronic Passport Forum, held May 18-19, 2005 in Berlin,
Germany. The software is designed specifically for e-passport enrollment,
personalization, and reader systems, providing key functionality such as face
and fingerprint image analysis and optimization, image compression, file
formatting, and robust file transport. Together, these tools help integrators
and system developers ensure the quality, interoperability, and standards-
compliance of their solutions.
Aware's PreFace(TM) software performs facial image analysis and
optimization to help ensure compliance with ISO/IEC biometric facial image
standards. Aware's ICAOPack(TM) provides several tools required for e-
passport systems, such as software to read, write, edit, and validate
biometric files according to the ICAO LDS e-passport standard and all relevant
ISO/IEC biometric data interchange standards, including CBEFF. ICAOPack also
includes JPEG2000 and JPEG for facial image compression, and WSQ for
fingerprint image compression, as well as Aware's QualityCheck software for
fingerprint image quality scoring. ICAOPack also provides for passive
authentication in compliance with the ICAO PKI specification. Aware's
Biometric Store and Forward, or "BSF", can be used to robustly transport
biometric files between disparate locations and systems.
"Worldwide deployment of e-passport systems is a significant challenge on
several fronts, with image quality control and data interchange being
particularly daunting," commented David Benini, director of product marketing
at Aware. "Aware has applied its extensive experience and deep expertise in
the creation and exchange of biometric data to the task, providing integrators
and system developers with an array of robust yet flexible software tools that
together satisfy a broad range of important requirements."
ICAO, the UN body responsible for specifying passports, has developed
standards for the "e-passport", which includes a memory chip that can securely
store biometric images and data. U.S. law currently requires countries that
participate in the visa waiver program to begin issuance of ICAO-compliant e-
passports to its citizens by October 2005.
For more information about Aware's biometrics solutions, please visit its
booth (E4) at the Electronic Passport Forum, taking place in Berlin, Germany,
on May 18th and 19th, 2005. David Benini will also be presenting in two
sessions at the conference: "e-Passport Tenders, Pilots, Projects: Where are
we today? America Update," on Wednesday, May 18th at 2:00 p.m. and "The e-
Passport Lifecycle: Biometrics and Personalization," on Thursday, May 19th at
11:45 a.m. Product information is also available on Aware's website at:
http://www.aware.com/biometrics.
About Aware
Aware is a veteran of the biometrics industry, having contributed to some
of the first forensic-grade biometric solutions to the U.S. government in the
early 1990s. Today, Aware continues its global leadership in the biometrics
market with high quality software tools that enable integrators, solution
providers, and government agencies to analyze, optimize, compress, format, and
transport biometric images and data according to international standards.
Among our customers are 30 government agencies in the U.S. and abroad, as well
as several leading biometrics solution providers. More can be learned about
Aware's products in the biometrics arena at http://www.aware.com/biometrics.
Aware also is a leader in the development and marketing of DSL intellectual
property and software technology that enables broadband communications over
existing telephone networks. Aware, Inc. is a publicly held company based in
Bedford, Massachusetts.
Safe Harbor Warning
Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding
future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as estimates or
projections of future revenue and earnings and the growth of the biometrics
market. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such
statements. We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to time with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contact:
Sarah LaLiberte
Aware, Inc.
781-687-0695
sarahl@aware.com
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http://www.aware.com/biometrics
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CONTACT:
Sarah LaLiberte of Aware, Inc.,
+1-781-687-0695, sarahl@aware.com
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