NEC participates in INTERPOL World 2017

Tokyo & Singapore, June
21, 2017 – NEC
Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced its participation
in INTERPOL World 2017, Singapore, from July 4 – 7, 2017 (*1).INTERPOL World provides a platform for law enforcement and industry to build
partnerships, aiming to develop innovative solutions to global security
challenges.

“NEC will showcase solutions that contribute to rapid crime solving in the
real world and the virtual world, in addition to the early detection and
prevention of crime and incidents by utilizing IoT and “NEC the
WISE,” NEC’s cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technology
consisting of face recognition technology, video analysis technology, acoustic
recognition and more,” said Masakazu Yamashina, Senior Vice President, NEC
Corporation.

NEC’s NeoFace®, an AI facial recognition engine boasting the world’s highest
(*2) authentication accuracy, will be used to help manage entry to INTERPOL
World Congress. The system will promptly and accurately utilize a database of
pre-registered facial images in order to authenticate the identity of
delegates, thereby contributing to enhanced security.

NEC technologies and solutions
at INTERPOL World include the following:

1.
Solutions
that contribute to early crime solving

o    Forensic authentication solutions utilizing
multiple types of biometric information such as faces and fingerprints

o    Image sharpening technology that improves the
visibility of images taken at night or in dark places

o    Learning based super resolution technology
that improves the visibility of faint images such as small faces and license
plates captured by security cameras

o    Digital crime investigation assisting
solutions capable of collecting and analyzing records stored on computers,
smartphones and other electronic devices as well as smooth information sharing

2.
Solutions
that contribute to the early detection and prevention of crimes and incidents

o    Video surveillance solution utilizing NEC’s
face recognition technology that boasts the world’s highest recognition
precision

o    Solutions that provide quick and accurate
searches through large volumes of video data for persons who frequently appear
at a specified time or location

o    System that detects suspicious behavior on
video, such as intrusion and abandoned objects

o    Crowd behavior analysis technology that identifies
the degree of congestion and detects abnormalities in the images of crowds

o    Visualization solution that displays ongoing
events on a map in an area under surveillance

Kris Ranganath, Sr. Director, Advanced
Recognition Systems, NEC Corporation of America, will deliver a lecture on
ambient security at the INTERPOL World Congress Hall from 14:30 to 15:00,
on Wednesday, July 5.Moreover, Daniel Lim, Evangelist, Global Safety Division, NEC Corporation, will
deliver a lecture on digital identity at INTERPOL World Theatre 2, located in
the exhibition area, from 13:50, on Thursday, July 6.

For more information on NEC’s participation in INTERPOL World 2017:
http://www.nec.com/en/global/solutions/safety/Event/2017/IW2017.html