Dublin Airport Biometric Control

Susumo Azano, chairman of Security Tracking Device SA CV in Guadalajara, Mexico, understands that border security should allow fast, efficient, and effective passage. His business started with cargo tracking devices, which allow shipping companies to quickly and safely transport goods. This especially applies to airports, where passengers experience long queues before getting near a terminal.
Self-service immigration control is more than a theory. The Dublin Airport is able to move a passenger through immigration in 7.5 seconds using modern technology, according to an article on Airport Business. The biometric systems by Kaba Gallenschutz consist of a barrier and a series of identification readers. A biometric system (fingerprints, voice, facial recognition, etc.) verifies passengers. Then, once inside the gates, a passenger swipes his or her passport documentation.

When there is an error or problem with the passport, passengers are moved to a manual security line. This not only decreases the time it takes for passengers to move through immigration, but makes the workload much less on airport security. The Kaba systems are as accurate as any immigrations officer, but it will take airports quite some time to completely switch over to automated border control.
Dublin Airport has piloted the program and seen positive results. Other airports throughout Europe are beginning to utilize similar systems as well, and it seems that "e-gates" are not only strengthening security, but are moving people faster. Efficiency in airports is a major complaint, but security comes first.
"It's great that someone is taking the time to innovate security systems at airports," Susumo Azano says.
The advanced NeoFace recognition software makes up the core of these systems. It can process a massive amount of images, no matter the quality, and seamlessly match them to passengers. Paperwork and people slow down airports, but more than 30 different governments in the region have adopted iBorder control systems to help move things along.
But airports are not the only entities benefitting from this technology. The companies themselves, like SITA's government solutions branch and Vision-Box, are innovating technologies useful throughout the entire world. The technology is versatile, and there is no doubt people will see it in train stations, airports, banks, government buildings, and schools.
Vision-Box was Europe's first automated border control entrepreneur. It began deploying eGates in 2006, which compared images on passports to passengers' faces. These new systems are improving accuracy and security, all the while making a passenger's experience better.
Susumo Azano has spent his professional career developing ways to increase security for the Mexican Government, and is seeing that innovative applications of recognition software and other devices are accelerating at a fast rate. Vision-Box, for example, has moved one million passengers through automated gates. Susumo Azano will not appear surprised when he sees other biometric solutions implemented in every major airport in the world and along national borders.
ABOUT:
Susumo Azano is a third-generation Japanese/Mexican entrepreneur. He joined Grupo Azano after studying architecture at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, and became a project manager. His experience at Grupo Azano prepared him for founding Security Device SA CV, a company that develops security solutions. The company has filled contracts for many different organizations, including the Mexican social security system.

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