CST: Vizier

Vizier - agro-industrial complex of intelligent video surveillance and automatic identity identification according to biometric characteristics of the face. The Vizier biometric access control, accounting and search systems are used in crowded places to detect persons in real time, maintain a structured file cabinet of photo images and related information, search the file cabinet by photo image and related information, as well as in the video archive.

The system can simultaneously recognize the faces of people in the stream who have come into view of the video camera, including when changing the physical characteristics of the face (aging, appearance and disappearance of beards and mustaches, change in skin color). The "vizier" is able to adapt to various lighting conditions, visualize images on the monitor screen, form a navigation-friendly video archive and databases for further search in the stream.

2024: Astra Linux Special Edition Compatibility

Astra Group and the CST Group of Companies entered into a partnership agreement, under which a series of compatibility tests were carried out for two software products - the Vizier biometric system (Speech Technology Center Ltd.) and the Astra Linux Special Edition operating system. According to the test results, the vendor issued a certificate confirming the successful operation of the joint solution and the availability of its functionality to users. Astra Group announced this on January 19, 2024.

The presence of a certificate of compatibility of the Vizier system with Astra Linux allows our clients to be confident in ensuring the information security of biometric services, to use computer vision from trusted domestic developers, - said Andrey Khrulev, director of business development for biometric systems of the CST group of companies.

The Speech Technology Center Ltd. of Companies has implemented 400 biometric projects at various facilities throughout the country, of which 100 are in 2023. The Vizier computer vision system has been introduced at 27 sports stadiums and ice arenas, and is used at 250 transport infrastructure facilities: metro, transport hubs, auto and railway stations. It is used in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Nizhny Novgorod, Saransk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and other cities, in 22 cities and regions of Russia it helps to implement the concept of "Safe City" and Smart city. Together with partners, the CST group organized a passage through biometrics at more than 30 enterprises, as well as in 17 universities and 50 fitness centers.

We cooperate and develop relations with many technological partners, building a full-fledged ecosystem of solutions for use at various facilities, including in the transport infrastructure. Many of our strategic customers are waiting for this. Thus, the CST group, focusing on the use of its products in a secure environment, has certified the Vizier biometric solution for compatibility with our operating system. The tests were successful: the product runs without errors running Astra Linux. The software stack can be used at all facilities where control is carried out using computer vision, and will also be relevant in the public sector, including subjects of critical information infrastructure, - said Kirill Sinkov, Director of the Department for Work with Technological Partners of Astra Group.

2023

Compliance with requirements of 572 FZ

The group of companies CST in partnership with Pocketkey on June 8, 2023 announced the adaptation of the biometric ACS access control and control system to the latest legal requirements.

Biometric MCDS have proven their effectiveness at various facilities - in offices, universities, and industrial enterprises. The biometric terminal, which is integrated with the access control system, provides fast, contactless and comfortable face-to-face passage. The legislation has formed the need to adapt the solution to current requirements.

The Vizier. MCDS system is already undergoing the accreditation process in accordance with the introduced regulations. This will allow the CST group to be one of the first to present a decision corresponding to the adopted legislation - 572 FZ. In addition, we entered into a partnership agreement with Pocketkey, a company that has implemented more than 250 projects for the introduction of biometric MCDS at sports facilities and has the status of a trusted supplier. The synergy of our expertise, experience and collaboration will allow us to provide the fitness industry with a demanded solution in full compliance with current market needs, said Dmitry Dyrmovsky, CEO of the CST group of companies.

Pocketkey is a company that began supplying biometric systems for fitness clubs in the country and has been actively developing the biometrics market in Russia and the CIS for many years. As an industry representative, it is strategically important for us to offer the fitness industry a legitimate solution based on facial biometrics technology. We are pleased that the CST group of companies trusted us as an equipment supplier and integrator of access systems. The Vizier. MCDS system works efficiently and can be quickly adapted to new state standards without compromising safety and convenience. Pocketkey customers can be sure that they are provided with a safe and reliable way to access gyms and fitness centers, "said Alexander Mikhalev, owner of the Pocketkey trademark.

At this stage, the main task for the industry is a seamless transition to the introduced rules for working with biometrics. This is especially important for those applications where customers are already accustomed to biometric services. Many fitness centers are already actively using biometric solutions, for example, face recognition is common. At the same time, a significant part of the industry is interested in introducing biometrics for the safe and convenient passage of visitors, - said Vladislav Povolotsky, General Director of the Center for Biometric Technologies JSC.

The Vizier computer vision system for June 2023 was introduced at 26 sports stadiums and ice arenas, helped to carry out biometric passage to several universities and 53 fitness centers, where visitors appreciated the high level of service.

Adaptation of Vizier. MCDS under the current legislation

On April 11, 2023, the CST group of companies presented an updated version of Vizier. SCUD - a biometric access control and control system that will allow it to operate in full compliance with modern legislation, including Federal Laws 149, 152, 572.

The share of the use of computer vision technologies has already occupied a significant position on the Russian market, the comfort and convenience of the solution was assessed in many segments, the business had an acute demand for adapting the demanded solution - to the latest requirements of the legislation.

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The Vizier computer vision system for April 2023 was introduced at 26 sports stadiums and ice arenas, helped to implement a biometric passage to several universities and 53 fitness centers, where visitors have already praised the solution: safety, convenience and a high level of service.

2020: Ability to retrospectively search for potentially infected coronavirus

On March 20, 2020, the CST group announced that its experts had transformed the Vizier biometric facial recognition system to implement the most popular cases in the epidemiological situation.

The introduction of face recognition as part of the Safe City program allows you to retrospectively search for potentially infected people.

{{quote 'author = Andrey Khrulev comments, Director for Business Development of the Direction of Biometric Systems of the MDG Group of Companies The case of face recognition in masks to monitor compliance with the isolation regime coronavirus is a challenge, but thanks to the scale of the projects implemented by the CST Group, it is worked out and ready: our system has already proven its effectiveness in projects throughout the country - at 14 sport facilities and 24 facilities transport it provides security, 5 cities use it for implementation, APK "Safe City" including the second largest city. Russia St. Petersburg Initially, when creating our product, we took into account local features: difficult weather conditions, where people wear glasses, hoods, high collars; bad weather, low light level and viewing angle, wide range of angles. In this sense, the mask is just one of the specific conditions for which our biometric system is ready: recognition is based on, neural network algorithm which analyzes the available part of the face, and does not compare the location of key "points." Thus, the overlap of the face up to 70% is an essential, but not blocking factor in the operation of the system. In addition, when using our solution, you can not only find a person in quarantine, but also turn to the archive of videos or photos, determine where this person has been and with whom he crossed paths, which will help identify potentially infected people, and therefore quickly manage the spread of the virus. The systems that we created to ensure security can also be used to combat coronavirus, facial recognition can be used as a ready-made analytical tool, with the ability to delimit lists, provide data protection and divide flows, and information thanks to our experience integration in existing systems - video surveillances quickly, in appropriate protection circuits and without fundamental costs. financial }}

In a pandemic, technological solutions that minimize direct contacts and contacts become relevant: this is how the facial recognition system can be used in biometric MCDS (access control system) and introduced in schools, fitness centers, business centers, strategic state facilities: passing through the face does not require contact, which means reduces the risk of infection. In the context of switching to a remote mode of operation, the biometric MCDS allows you to correctly configure the delimitation of access rights and be sure that people whose access is prohibited will not penetrate your object. The introduction of such a solution at transport facilities at airports will allow scanning a ticket and passenger's face without the participation of an airport employee.

Previously, the feasibility of such implementations was justified by security considerations (identification and non-admission of violators), then - by the level of comfort (seamless, fast passage), and in modern reality the focus again shifts towards safety, but already in relation to health saving, minimizing contacts during the current epidemic situation. Modern technologies allow us to implement this, and we will continue to improve our products, contributing to the stabilization of the current situation in the world, comments Dmitry Dyrmovsky, CEO of the CST Group of Companies

2019

Integration into the Milestone XProtect video surveillance system

On November 21, 2019, the company CST announced the integration of the facial recognition system from the CST into the system video surveillances XProtect from. Milestone

XProtect - VMS for IP-video surveillances on objects of any scale with a high level of security. ON With an open platform, high performance, Russified interface and full protocol support, this ONVIF is designed to control all components of the video system, including IP cameras of more than 8,000 different models.

"Vizier" - biometric a system, face recognition a product with flexible, configurable interfaces. "Vizier" allows you to recognize to identify faces in the video stream in real time, provide structuring of photo image files, easily integrate with,, ACS time and attendance systems ticket and cash registers and other systems.

Integration of systems opens up a number of additional possibilities, allows:

• solve video surveillance and face recognition problems in a single window - Milestone XProtect interface,
• flexibly configure notifications and alerts based on data coming from the facial recognition system,
• record in the frame cases of finding persons who are not in the existing database,
• view all information about incoming events, including camera video,
• manage the file cabinet from the Milestone XProtect interface.

All this is now available in a single interface.

Airport Passenger Safety and Comfort Solution

On February 7, 2019, the company CST"" presented a comprehensive solution for ensuring safety and comfort of passengers at the airport based on its own biometric system face recognition. " Vizier The goal of the CST system is to ensure security, accelerated registration, inspection and boarding without presentation passports and tickets. Along the entire path of the passenger's movement, she can "recognize" the passenger by face, "recognize" him at the reception, open the aisles to the clean area, to the high-comfort waiting room, and provide passage through the turnstiles when leaving the landing.

" An increasing number of airports, particularly in Europe, are embracing the concept of silent airport. The idea is to reduce the noise background, for example, loud announcements for the entire airport, without compromising the timely and necessary informing of passengers. The development of technology makes it easier to create a calm, relaxing atmosphere, changing the way the airport interacts with passengers. Loud, often overlapping ads, create a feeling of fuss, forcing people to quickly leave the Duty Free zones, restaurants, cafes, playgrounds, etc., to obtain clarifying information, and it is these infrastructure facilities that can increase non-aviation revenues of airports, they should be calm and comfortable. " ' Andrey Khrulev, Business Development Director of the CST Biometric Systems

According to the CST of the concept of silent airport levels the language barrier. Even if the traveler speaks, for example, English, local emphasis and interference in the alert system can make ads illegible. In this regard, visual navigation and alerts on digital media can become an indispensable solution. Understanding this trend and improving its expertise, the CST supplemented the biometric system with the silent option.

"In essence, a photo is all that is required biometric identifier to obtain a passenger all the way, which allows him to undergo pre-flight formalities without the need to present a boarding pass every time. At the virtual passport control point, the camera compares the visitor's face with the person from the archive (biometric template), and in case of positive identifications , the person can go further. The identification procedure, at the same time, takes a few seconds., Navigation system Which "recognizes" the passenger by face, and on the tabletmonitor display/displays information about his flight number and his current location on the airport diagram. The last line of control, the boarding gate, is also implemented with the help of the front one: the flaps of biometrics the turnstile open automatically after the passenger has looked into the camera. " Alexey Markachev, head of the product department of the MDG biometric systems

As noted in the "CST," security is becoming the basic functionality, on the basis of which in the future it is possible to implement all new options to ensure the comfort of passengers: to select advertising, analyzing preferences - to suggest special offers in Duty Free for exactly the goods that a person already uses that he likes. So the airport is transformed into a friendly digital space, where passengers are comfortable, and airlines at the same time receive a competent tool to increase non-aviation revenues. Fastline Biometrics is a growing market involving interaction with a passenger in the process of check-in, baggage drop-off, security check-in and boarding.

According to the CST, as of February 2019, about 5,600 biometric kiosks and eGates have already been installed at more than 300 airports in 80 countries of the world, and by 2022 the number of such kiosks will triple, as interest and confidence in technology will grow, according to the company.

2016: Appointment. Applications. Functions

(Current data as of September 2016)

Appointment

• The complex is designed to detect persons of interest in real time
• Maintaining a structured file cabinet of photographic images and related information
• Search in the file cabinet by photo image and related information

Screenshot of the monitoring software window, (2015)

Applications

• Entry and exit areas at various facilities: transport railway, river and sea stations, metro, airports
• Objects of sports and mass events
• Strategically important industrial facilities
• Urban infrastructure facilities
• Recognition of the faces of people in motion without the need to stop at the turn of control
• Simultaneous facial recognition of all people who have come into view of the video camera

Properties

• Recognition when changing the physical characteristics of the face: aging, the appearance and disappearance of beards and whiskers, skin discoloration
• Adaptation to different lighting conditions
• Image visualization on the monitor screen: displaying live video and recognized faces
• Creation of easy-to-navigate video archive and database with preservation of all necessary parameters

Functions

• Detecting faces in a video stream
• Real-time and on-demand biometric search
• Alarm generation at the workplace of the responsible person, by e-mail, SMS, MMS
• Maintaining a video archive with linking identification events to video recording
• Entering data into the file cabinet from any source: photos, video files, cameras, scanners, webcams
• Automatic quality control of the injected material according to GOST R ISO/IEC 19794-5-2006
• Automation of workflows, separation of user roles, delimitation of access rights, audit of user actions
• Integration with access control systems

Characteristics

• automated image processing
• intuitive interface, divided by user roles;
• A built-in context-sensitive help system.

Accuracy

• 97% of correctly recognized persons at the turn of control at 1% of false positives;
• 100% of correctly found persons in a file cabinet of 1 million photographs.

Speed

• the result of identification in 1-3 s after the appearance of a person at the control line;
• biometric search on a file cabinet of 1 million people in 3-10 s.

Handling Existing Material

• required resolution of the photographic image in accordance with GOST R ISO/IEC 19794-5-2006;
• head rotation up to 15 degrees horizontally, up to 20 degrees vertically.

Fault tolerance

• distributed architecture;
• Protection at all levels
• Hardware fault tolerance and fast recovery.