Neurotechnology: a company providing biometric algorithms and software development products for security companies, system integrators and hardware manufacturers. Since its foundation in 1990 in Vilnius, Lithuania, it has released more than 40 products and version upgrades, while since 2004 it began research in artificial intelligence and mobile autonomous robotics fields for a variety of applications, including image search engines, security systems, manufacturing and robot and machine vision. Nowadays, it is commercially active worldwide, with more than 2,000 customers in more than 98 countries.
Neurotechnology's products have obtained plenty of international awards, including the International Fingerprint Verification Competition (IFVC) (FVC2006, FVC2004, FVC2002andFVC2000) and the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation for the U.S. Department of Justice (FpVTE 2003), where it ranked among the top five companies for accuracy in single-finger tests. Finally, the company'sMegaMatcher 2.0 large-scale, multi-biometric face/fingerprint technology has received full NIST MINEX certification from the U.S. Government for use in Personal Identity Verification program fingerprint recognition applications, which puts it into the U.S. government buyers' certified list of fingerprint recognition algorithms.
Nitgen: founded in 1998 in Seoul, Korea, it constitutes one of the pioneering companies in the provision of total biometric solutions, with accent in the fingerprint recognition technology. The stand-alone fingerprint identification module FIM constitutes its core business, with which a wide range of biometric products has been developed, such as PC peripherals, access control devices, biometric door-locks and various fingerprint systems. A variety of biometric software packages complete the range of products.
The company is ISO9001 and ISO14001 certified, acquires about 44 patents worldwide, its products are available worldwide and their quality is attested to by the international prizes and certifications awarded, such as the FBI PIV certification.