Evansville Airport Gets Face Rec

From the Evansville Courier & Press:

Security is the paramount issue among air travelers these days, but Evansville Regional Airport — like other commercial airports throughout the world — rely on videocassette recorder security systems whose nonspecific tapes can take hours, days and sometimes weeks to decipher when suspicious concerns arise.

That, however, is about to change at the local airport.

The Evansville airport is the first in the nation to get a new technological security system, known as a 3VR (Third-Generation Video Recorder), said Bob Working, the airport manager. The searchable surveillance system uses a Google-like analytical search engine for spewing out valuable information instantly. For example, it displays in an instant on a computer monitor clear images of thousands of faces for identification purposes.

Eric Moss, vice president/director of data services for Gaither Technologies/STC, demonstrates a 3VR security system as company President Steve Rudolph is recorded on video, in the screen at left. The unit features searchable facial recognition and motion-changing events.