OREANDA-NEWS.  NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading technology integrator of advanced IT, networking, communications, and multimodal biometric solutions, today announced with NEC Corporation that its award winning NeoFace facial recognition software was selected and deployed by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).  The automated facial recognition solution utilizes NEC's NeoFace Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) based biometric solution through a cloud platform.

ADOT, which has a database of approximately 7.7 million driver's license and identification records with approximately 16 million images, sought to improve the credential issuance process.  The NeoFace facial recognition software system interfaces with credential issuance processes and reduces fraudulent identity activities. This cloud-based implementation provides ADOT with a proven, reliable, off-site solution.

In addition to facial matching technology, NEC's solution also includes NeoFace Reveal, a proven tool for investigating fraud.  Reveal gives ADOT the ability to open investigation cases, perform the search of photographic images and compare against the driver license and identification card records that are contained within the state database.

About NEC Corporation of America
NEC Corporation of America (NEC) is a leading technology integrator providing solutions that improve the way people work and communicate. NEC delivers integrated Solutions for Society that are aligned with our customers' priorities to create new value for people, businesses and society, with a special focus on safety, security and efficiency.  We deliver one of the industry's strongest and most innovative portfolios of communications, analytics, security, biometrics and technology solutions that unleash customers' productivity potential.  Through these solutions, NEC combines its best-in-class solutions and technology, and leverages a robust partner ecosystem to solve today's most complex business problems. NEC Corporation of America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, a global technology leader with a presence in 140 countries and $29.5 billion in revenues.

About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company's experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society.

Based on its Mid-term Management Plan 2015, the NEC Group globally provides "Solutions for Society" that promote the safety, security, efficiency and equality of society. Under the company's corporate message of "Orchestrating a brighter world," NEC aims to help solve a wide range of challenging issues and to create new social value for the changing world of tomorrow.