ForensicaGPS | 2D-to-3D Facial-Image Transformation

ForensicaGPS is the new biometric solution from Animetrics, allows officers to identify individuals from low-resolution photos or video. The solution features advanced facial recognition technology designed to increase the speed and enhance the accuracy of criminal investigations.

The key to ForensicaGPS’ accuracy is the software’s ability to convert two-dimensional facial images into three-dimensional avatars that can be rotated and viewed from any angle.

Law enforcement officials, forensic investigators and security personnel have a pressing need to resolve suspects’ identities from any kind of photographic evidence that captures an image of a suspects face including video surveillance cameras.

To achieve a highly accurate “ID Ready” 3D rendering of facial images, ForensicaGPS uses Animetrics’ powerful and patented FACEngine™ technology. FACEngine employs highly sophisticated mathematical algorithms and applies a unique deformation-smoothing process to 2D facial images, transforming them into metrically precise and fully structured 3D avatars.

Advanced creation and enhancement tools give investigators the ability to correct suspect poses and fill in facial details difficult to perceive in the original images. This facilitates the output of a corrected “ID Ready” image for visual identification or inclusion in Animetrics’ FaceR Identity Management Systems (FIMS) or third-party face-recognition applications.

ForensicaGPS utilizes breakthrough forensic comparative and analysis tools in both 2D and 3D to help resolve the identities of suspects face. The biometric application uses global coordinate system (x,y to x,y,z synchronization) for precise comparative analysis of facial features including scars, moles, tattoos, and distance measurements between facial features. Up to five images of each subject can be compared to other facial images.

- Animetrics