By Nigel Ward, Director of Sales, Channels & Systems; Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia, Digimarc Corporation
SubscribeProviding consistent, high-quality portraits at the touch of a button.
Digimarc Driver Licence Imaging Suite (DLIS) offers the most effective means of enhancing customer service by streamlining and integrating the systems that directly impact the customer: the systems that capture portraits, biometrics, and demographic information.
Having taken more than one billion ID photos, Digimarc has developed a one-of-a-kind driver licence and national ID portrait capture system. The Digimarc Camera Tower is a state-of-the-art digital imaging system that incorporates high performance and industrial quality components with Digimarc proprietary imaging and control technologies. This professional grade system ensures the highest-quality images possible for even the most novice user.
Understanding driver license photography
When it comes to driver licences and national IDs, the portrait is paramount especially in the mind of the applicant. That portrait represents the cardholder as the primary point of reference for those that accept the card as proof of identity. And for the issuing agency, it represents a critical identity proof point for both future verification and biometric analysis.
Given this focus on the portrait, portrait capture represents a critical component in the ID document issuance process. And, with the typical driver licence, national ID and voters registeration issuing agencies taking thousands of photos on a daily basis, the portrait capture, accuracy and speed of capture is vital and a key budgeting fact. So, when it comes to the camera, simplicity, reliability and affordability are all critical concerns.
With our wealth of experience in driver licence, national ID and voters registeration issuance, Digimarc Corporation understands the unique importance of consistent and reliable portrait capture. That is why we created the Camera Tower from the ground up, to address this critical component of the photo ID card issuance process.
Built to improve ID portraits
When it comes to capturing portraits, the Camera Tower leads the market as the only portrait capture solution specifically designed for high volume, government issued ID applications. Designed with simplicity in mind, it provides consistent, high quality images with the press of a button. The Camera Tower and software does the rest: lighting, focusing, cropping, and automatic adjusting. And this automation keeps the lines of applicants moving, no matter what size of office.
High-quality output increases utility of images
While consistent, quality images are important for the applicant, they are equally critical for law enforcement and others that are required to validate the credential. This is why Digimarc designed the Camera Tower to reduce variation in photo lighting and improve image quality. What's more, the high-quality portraits provide biometric solutions with image data for facial-recognition screening, a recommended measure for eliminating identity theft and other fraudulent applications for driver licenses.
Working within the constraints of the agency
To keep customers and operators happy, the portrait capture must be a seamless component of the workflow -- without sacrificing an agency's current investment in technology. As an integral component of the Driver License Imaging System, the Camera Tower integrates with other DLIS products, the Digimarc Identity Validation System, and any other hardware and software products the agency may already have in place.
Digimarc Camera Tower Features & Benefits
Hardware specifically designed for all photo ID issuance
- Adjustable height at installation, suitable for any table or counter location.
- Front office workhorse, improving overall uptime and reducing applicant issuance time.
- Solves hardware replacement issues due to end of life.
Find-a-Face
- Easy to Use.
- Automatically focuses, captures, crops, and color corrects all with the press of a button.
- Reduces operator error.
- Optional portrait evaluation insures ICAO/ISO 19794-5 portrait quality compliance.
High-quality professional strobe
- Overcomes ambient lighting conditions, creating consistent portraits in all environments.
- Provides issuing offices the best defense against possible identity theft and fraud.
- Optional Shadow Reduction System
High resolution digital image capture with optical and digital zoom
- Consistent images improve the accuracy of biometrics solutions like Digimarc Identity.
- Validation Suite Biometric Identification.
Secure Housing
- Protects critical equipment.
- Eliminates tangled wires, modifications to camera settings.
- With bolt-down option, helps prevent stolen cameras.
Advanced camera, bulb technology
- Reduced Service and Maintenance Costs.
- Practically eliminates the need for service due to camera and bulb replacements.
We're ready to help
For more information on the Digimarc Camera Tower and how it can help improve photo ID portrait quality, please visit www.digimarc.com/dlis or contact Digimarc Corporation or govtsales@digimarc.com. For Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia please contact +44 1784 898 326
