Face сomparison using Regula Document Reader and an external camera

When working with Regula document readers it is possible to perform the following types of face comparison:

Compare the facial image obtained from the document data page with the facial image extracted from the RFID chip of the document.
Compare the facial image obtained from the document data page with the facial image received from a camera.
Compare the facial image extracted from the RFID chip of the document with the facial image received from a camera.

Using the Regula Downloads Manager application, download and install Regula Document Reader SDK.

Download and install Regula Face Processing Service as well (CPU or GPU version, at the user's choice).

Configuration:

Connect a document reader Regula that has an active Live Face Comparison SDK license (to get the license, contact your regional manager or send a request to support@regulaforensics.com) to your PC.
Run the installed application Document Reader and click the "Connect" button to connect the reader.
Open the Options menu and configure the following settings:

Description of the settings:

Live comparison — comparison of the facial image obtained from the document (or extracted from the RFID chip) with the facial image captured from the video stream.
Auto live capture on scan — capturing video in the process of scanning a document.
Capture in parallel with scan — capturing video simultaneously with the scanning process.
Show capture window — displays the video capture window.

External Camera section:

Type — specifies the type of the connected video camera.
Camera URL — specifies the URL of an IP camera.
Active device — selection of the video camera from the drop-down list of available devices.
Resolution — selection of the video resolution from the drop-down list.
Rotation — selection of the video rotation type from the drop-down list.
Depth — not set (used for cameras with a depth map).

Results section:

Save faces — saving images of detected faces.
Save video — saving the video of an image capture session.
Capture results to scan folder — save the results to the folder containing scan results.
Video quality — the quality of the saved video in percent.
Face width threshold, % — minimum width of a face relative to the width of the video frame in percent.
Timeout — maximum allowed time for capturing a facial image in the frame, in ms.

Face API section:

Type — type of connection to Regula Face Processing Service
1. Local — the service is installed on the PC to which the document reader is connected.
2. Custom — the service is installed on a remote computer in the network.
3. Internet — in this case, requests will be sent to Regula servers (requires Internet connection).
Service URL — the URL ( http://localhost:41101/ or https://localhost:41101/) of Regula Face Processing Service that is used when the Custom connection type is selected. Default link - http://localhost:41101
Threshold — the minimum threshold for matching faces in percent; "75" by default.
Service timeout — the maximum allowed time to get a response, in ms.

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