What is PD CEN/TS 17051 - Full body photography about?
Full body recognition is the biometric mode used as a secondary mode in addition to face recognition or for forensic purposes. Face recognition is the biometric mode suited to the practicalities of travel documents.
PD CEN/TS 17051 provides a Full Body Image Format for pattern recognition services and applications requiring the exchange of full-body image data. Its typical applications include:
- Human examination of high-resolution full-body images
- Human verification of identity based on full-body images
- Computer automated full-body identification
- Computer automated full-body verification
PD CEN/TS 17051 gives requirements for full-body photography systems. PD CEN/TS 17051 describes real-time use cases, which gives a description of how users will perform tasks on the photographic system for a specific environment and for specialized use.
Who is PD CEN/TS 17051 - Full body photography for?
PD CEN/TS 17051 on full-body photography is useful for:
- Software engineers / IT firms
- Government authorities
- Airport authorities
- Firms that provide biometric equipment and services
- Biometric verification authorities
- Law enforcement authorities
Why should you use PD CEN/TS 17051 - Full body photography?
A specific biometric profile for cross-border interoperability is required for full-body photographs. Full body photography standardization is required to get good quality database images for identification and verification using video surveillance and other similar system-generated images. At the moment, border guards take full-body photographs using local practices for enrolment, verification, identification and watch list identification.
PD CEN/TS 17051 provides you guidance covering the full-body imaging for cross-border interoperability or law enforcement services. There is a need for guidance for the use of high-quality digital cameras and video surveillance devices for full-body photography.
PD CEN/TS 17051 provides you with expert guidance (I.e., best practices) for the photography of full-body, especially when the resulting images are to be used for purposes of identification and verification, either by automated recognition systems or by human viewers.