Biometric solutions for continuous border control.
GRANT NUMBER: 101168325
DURATION: 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2027
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The CarMen project aims to develop biometric solutions for the continuous border control of both pedestrians and vehicles, with a focus on fraud detection, compliance with legal and ethical standards, and privacy protection.
To address a variety of environmental conditions, CarMen uses both NIR (Near Infra Red) and RGB (Red Green Blue) live biometric images and compares them to reference images acquired with one type of lighting only.
To make biometrics more robust, CarMen uses a multimodal approach on face iris and periocular regions. In fraud detection, CarMen detects presentation attacks on moving travellers and detects anomalous traveller behaviour. To address small and large border crossing points, the project enables the use of fix and body-worn cameras.
To address travellers in cars and lorries, CarMen detects facial images in slow-moving vehicles through windows, while travellers in coaches are checked by border guards walking through the coach, using dedicated portable equipment.
