Competitive Analysis

Imagine if there was a teleportation technology that was able to teleport students to classes? Imagine that. Anyway to a more realistic idea, imagine if like there was facial recognition technology installed in every hall. This idea might be somewhat out of the realm to others but I believe that if this existed it would make the lives of college students especially SU students easier. With the facial recognition technology students can have access to their halls easier, faster and more efficient rather than to wait in a long line for check-ins.

http://www.cognitec-systems.de/Technology.11.0.html

Over the years, the cognitec company sells facial recognition software programs to companies. This software is somewhat similar to my entrepreneurship idea because it recognizes people’s faces. This is similar to my idea because my idea is also intended to recognize student or guests faces for access to the building at all times. What is different from this companies facial recognition technology= is that my facial recognition idea will have the students information in the system to guarantee access such as name, age, major, student id number, picture, address and etc. The cognitec built a FaceVASA technology that handles pose, mimic, aging variances, hair styles, changes, glasses and temporary lighting changes. Their technology performances include, enrollment, verification and identification and it also includes face tracking and face characteristics.

http://www.jazdtech.com/techdirect/company/Technest-Inc.htm?categoryPath=Security-and-Privacy%2FSecurity-Software%2FFacial-Recognition-Software&supplierId=60005829

Technest claims to be the world leader in 3d imaging, 3d facial recognition and intelligent surveillance.  The company believes that facial technology simply cannot provide adequate performance because of the fundamental limitations of 2d. Their technology is 3d based which provides pose, lightning, and expression. Surematch, their facial recognition tools provides robust detection capabilities such as enhancement for biometrics users and market leading performance. This is different because my technology is more of a built in software in Syracuse and more schools who are able to adjust the system to their system for effective use.

Summary

                So obviously, there are companies that have ideas of facial technology and are trying to sell their software to other companies for their business. The first company is very similar to my idea with all the services it provides but the only thing is that it isn’t adjustable to school system. It is effective for business companies but it isn’t for school system such as a big school like Syracuse. My facial technology will included every single student and faculty’s identity for safety and security. The facial technology will not only have data in the system but it will also be able to identify guest with proof of identity. Students are able to have guest under their profile for security purpose. It would be more effective and less stressful for students.