PFU Joins Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program and Collaborates with Innominds on Contactless Facial Biometric Tech

By Tiera Oliver

Assistant Managing Editor

Embedded Computing Design

July 23, 2020

News

PFU Joins Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program and Collaborates with Innominds on Contactless Facial Biometric Tech

The collaboration with Innominds is expected to drive transformational initiatives in identity management through the combination of facial recognition technologies.

PFU Limited, a Fujitsu company, announced that it has joined the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program and is collaborating with Innominds on the development of facial biometric technologies and smart cameras used in identity management solutions leveraging Qualcomm Technologies' IoT platforms.

Innominds has experience in wireless, 5G, and AI technologies. Innominds also builds smart and safe contactless technology solutions leveraging AI and ML, and computer vision technologies to enable an intelligent contactless ecosystem.

The collaboration with Innominds is expected to drive transformational initiatives in identity management through the combination of facial recognition technologies (licensed from Fujitsu), smart connected cameras, AI, and 2D/3D sensor technologies that can improve contactless identity management solutions in the hospitality, retail, healthcare, security, and law enforcement sectors.

For more information, visit: www.pfu.fujitsu.com/en/ or www.innominds.com

Tiera Oliver is the assistant managing editor at Embedded Computing Design. She is responsible for web content editing, product news, and story development. She also manages, edits, and develops content for ECD podcasts, including Embedded Insiders.

She utilizes her expertise in journalism and content management to oversee editorial content, coordinate with editors, and ensure high-quality output across web, print, and multimedia platforms. She manages diverse projects, assists in the production of digital magazines, and hosts company podcasts by conducting in-depth interviews with industry leaders to deliver engaging and insightful discussions.

Tiera attended Northern Arizona University, where she received her bachelor's in journalism and political science. She was also a news reporter for the student-led newspaper, The Lumberjack. 

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