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Human ID at a Distance (HumanID)
Program Objective:
The goal of the Human Identification at a Distance (HumanID) program is to develop automated biometric identification technologies to detect, recognize and identify humans at great distances. These technologies will provide critical early warning support for force protection and homeland defense against terrorist, criminal, and other human-based threats, and will prevent or decrease the success rate of such attacks against DoD operational facilities and installations. Methods for fusing biometric technologies into advanced human identification systems will be developed to enable faster, more accurate and unconstrained identification of humans at significant standoff distances.
Program Strategy:
HumanID program has developed a pilot force protection system for standoff human identification in outdoor operational DoD settings, and has performed preliminary assessments of current and future technologies. HumanID will determine the critical factors that affect performance of biometric components, and identify the limits of range, accuracy, and reliability. The program will also conduct multi-modal fusion experiments and performance evaluations, and will demonstrate advanced human recognition capabilities in multiple force protection and/or homeland defense environments.
Planned Accomplishments:
FY 02 Accomplishments:
- Designed and administered the Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002. Results will be used to direct face recognition research and provide input to the design of the United States Border Entry/Exit System.
- Performed an operational evaluation of a long range (25-150 feet) face recognition system developed under the HumanID Program.
- Developed a multi-spectral infrared and visible face recognition system.
Developed a low power millimeter wave radar system for wide field of view detection and narrow field of view gait classification.
- Characterized gait performance from video for human identification at a distance.
FY 03 Plans:
- Develop multi-model fusion algorithms for human identification.
Develop algorithms for locating and acquiring subjects out to 150 meters (500 ft) in range.
Continue the development of the most promising biometric technologies based upon experimental evaluation performance.
FY 04 Plans:
- Develop and demonstrate a human identification system that operates out to 150 meters (500 ft.) using visible imagery.
Fuse face and gait recognition into a 24/7 human identification system.
Perform an operational evaluation of a multi-model human identification system.