C-True unveils C-Gate

 

C-True Imaging has launched the C-Gate system, a boarding pass authentication solution using face recognition technology.

According to C-True, the technology has been designed to enable fast, non intrusive biometric enrolment of the passenger’s facial image at the check-in counter and automatic face verification of the passenger’s identity at the boarding gate.

The system provides boarding pass authentication by integrating flight information and facial features onto one operational record. C-True says it can be integrated easily into an airlines’ ground operations and does not require a change to current boarding pass vouchers or check-in procedures.

When a passenger obtains a boarding pass or acquires an eTicket, C-Gate captures the passenger’s face, generates a template and attaches it to the scanned Bar-Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) specified by IATA 792 based on 2D barcodes. Later, when the passenger approaches the boarding gate, C-Gate captures another image of the passenger and checks for a match with the passenger’s face template previously acquired and stored in the database.

If a match is found, the system enables boarding and logs the transaction. If the system doesn’t recognise the passenger, access is denied. Denied passengers’ images are captured and stored in the database and an activity log is created for further investigations.