The new Monitor Add-on provides a video management feature to monitor up to 9 video streams simultaneously and enabling event-based notifications in a single user interface

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Aug 10, 2021 – CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer in AI and facial recognition technologies, announced an updated version of its FaceMe® Security – an intelligent surveillance solution powered by the world’s leading facial recognition technology. This significant update of FaceMe® Security includes the new Monitor Add-on, which can help security guards monitor up to 9 video streams while receiving event-based instant alerts. Additionally, it integrates the NVR (network video recorder) feature, making FaceMe® Security an all-in-one security solution for organizations of all sizes.

Designed for intelligent surveillance, FaceMe® Security is a value-added solution that runs on PC, workstations, and servers and integrates into leading VMS (video management systems) including Milestone, Network Optix, and Vivotek. Powered by FaceMe®’s facial recognition engine, one of the most accurate in the world, it can detect and identify individuals in a crowd, including those wearing masks, within milliseconds. It can also measure body temperature, detect anyone not wearing a mask properly over their nose and mouth, and highlight block-listed people. The software connects into instant messaging to send real-time alerts to security or health and safety personnel to ensure non-compliant situations are dealt with efficiently. It can also inform the hosts of registered visitors that their guests have walked in and it can connect into time clock and door access systems to provide employees with touchless access throughout the facilities.

The new Monitor Add-On in FaceMe® Security provides a single user interface, which allows security guards or IT administrators to monitor real-time video from up to nine IP cameras simultaneously while showing event-based alerts whenever an undesired or non-compliant individual is detected. Additionally, the new edition of FaceMe® Security also enables the NVR (network video recorder) functionality, allowing users to record, locate, and replay recorded videos from IP cameras.

“Since its first release, CyberLink’s FaceMe® Security solution has been deployed to several sites, such as office facilities, manufacturing plants, and hospitals,” said Dr. Jau Huang, CEO of CyberLink. ” With the new Monitor Add-on, FaceMe® Security provides a complete end-to-end solution from access control, and time & attendance management to video archiving, and real-time monitoring.”

FaceMe® Security’s edge architecture is scalable and designed for deployments of all sizes. Optimized across a wide range of edge-based hardware, it can be deployed on Windows workstations equipped with single or multiple NVIDIA Quadro GPUs for high traffic areas of up to 80,000 people per hour. For mid-size sites with traffic ranging from 2,000 to 6,000 people per hour, FaceMe® Security can run on affordable hardware such as the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier or Xavier NX.

For more information about FaceMe® Security, please visit:
https://version-2.com.sg/cyberlink-face-me/

CyberLink’s FaceMe® integrates with ASUS’s ARM-based single-board computer Tinker Board 2, enabling facial recognition in IoT/AIoT applications in retail, public services, and other fields

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – July 06 2021 – CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer in AI and facial recognition technologies, today announced a partnership with ASUS, by integrating its FaceMe® AI facial recognition engine into ASUS’s Tinker Board 2 single-board computer (SBC). The fruit of a close collaboration between the ASUS IoT and CyberLink’s FaceMe team, this joint solution provides ready-to-use, fully integrated facial-recognition capabilities for security, access control, visitor management and contactless experiences for retail, public services, hospitality and more.

CyberLink’s FaceMe® SDK is a cross-platform AI facial recognition engine and ranked as one of the most accurate in the world. Offering a comprehensive operating systems support and optimized for IoT hardware and AI inference engines, FaceMe® provides IoT/AIoT developers and system integrators highly accurate and flexible facial recognition capabilities, enabling a wide range of solutions applicable across industries.

ASUS IoT Tinker Board 2 is an Arm®-based single-board computer that supports the Android 10 operating system. Powered by a six-core Rockchip RK3399 system-on-a-chip (SoC) with the new 64-bit Armv8 architecture, plus multi-core Mali-T860. Tinker Board 2 provides outstanding performance, rich wired and wireless connectivity, and dual 4K screen output support, making it ideal for deployment as a ready-to-use solution for digital signage, kiosks, point-of-sale (POS) and access-control systems for retail, public services, hospitality and healthcare.

“Facial recognition is one of the most popular technologies powering an exponentially growing set of  IoT solutions in a booming market,” said Dr. Jau Huang, CEO of CyberLink. “We are honored to partner with ASUS, a world leader in computer hardware for IoT, and provide solutions developers with FaceMe®, one of the most accurate and flexible facial recognition SDK in the world.“

“Edge AI is now a key piece of future technology in AIoT applications in various markets,” said Kuowei Chao, general manager of the ASUS IoT business unit. “ASUS IoT is thrilled to be collaborating with CyberLink, a world-leading AI facial-recognition technology company, by integrating solutions with Tinker Board 2, our powerful SBC that, compared with competing SBC products, offers significantly improved performance – making it ideal for retail, healthcare and security industries.”

Optimized for Arm-based SoCs and Android, FaceMe® can deliver real-time face detection and extraction. The Face Recognition Edge AI Dev Kit, which includes both FaceMe® and Tinker Board 2, can be deployed as a digital-signage solution to perform real-time face detection and precisely determine attributes such as age, gender and emotion, dynamically providing valuable data on visitor traffic that can be used for statistics or even real-time ad personalization. Alternatively, for example, the Face Recognition Edge AI Dev Kit can enable hotel check-in kiosks to instantly identify enrolled loyalty members and offer them fast, fully-personalized and contactless experiences.

CyberLink’s FaceMe® engine is ranked as one of the most accurate facial recognition technologies in the world by the renowned National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT), listed top 6 in both 1:1 and 1:N tests. With the comprehensive support for operating systems, including Windows, Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS), JetPack (Jetson), iOS and Android, and the optimization for CPU, GPU, SoC, APU, and VPUs, FaceMe® provide a flexible solution to enable facial recognition across a wide range of IoT/AIoT devices.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – May 20 2021 – CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer in AI and facial recognition technologies, today announced a partnership with ACE Biotek, by integrating its FaceMe® AI facial recognition engine into ACE Biotek’s Wallie Screen Access Control and Health Screening System, providing a quick, fully automated solution to control access and check-in personnel, in addition to verifying proper mask wearing and measuring body temperature when required, to maintain a safe environment inside business, medical and other facilities.

With COVID-19 still active and to be better prepared for another potential pandemic, organizations around the world are turning to technology to identify cost effective solutions to automate access control and health screening measures at their facilities. Performing these tasks manually is error prone and costly. And bottlenecks are likely during busy periods, adding social distancing challenges.

ACE Biotek’s Wallie Screen Access Control and Health Screening System (TC-800) is designed to perform frinctionless access control and health checkpoints across industries, including medical and office facilities, primary targets for the company. By integrating infrared cameras and CyberLink’s FaceMe® engine, TC-800 brings together all the necessary features to verify identity with or without mask, detect mask-wearing compliance, and measure body temperature, all in a half-second, making the process almost invisible to users. Launched earlier this year, the system is already deployed and delivering positive results for customers in the US and Taiwan. For example, in a tech company with over 5,000 employees, TC-800 has replaced timeclocks to record employees’ attendance, removing queues at busy hours while adding all the system’s access control and health screening features, automating tasks otherwise largely performed manually. Benefits were immediate, from labor cost savings and attendance improvements, to much tighter access controls and the assurance of a safer work environment.

“As parts of the world are re-opening to a new normal and others are still actively fighting COVID-19, facial recognition can play a central role in enabling automated, frictionless security, access control and health screening solutions that are critical in both cases,” said Mei Guu, senior VP of CyberLink. “With its comprehensive support of IoT hardware, optimized across operating systems, FaceMe® integrates seamlessly into into ACE Biotek’s Wallie Screen Access Control and Health Screening System, enabling contactless access control, time and attendance, and health measurement solution to businesses and medical facilities.“

CyberLink’s FaceMe® engine is ranked as one of the most accurate facial recognition technologies in the world by the renowned National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT), listed top 6 in both 1:1 and 1:N tests. With the comprehensive support for operating systems, including Windows, Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS), JetPack (Jetson), iOS and Android, and the optimization for CPU, GPU, SoC, APU, and VPUs, FaceMe® provide a flexible solution to enable facial recognition across a wide range of IoT/AIoT devices.

“Wallie Screen is a fully-integrated solution verify identity, monitor access, record time attendance and perform health screening, all within a half-second,” said Jason Chou, Director of Medical Solution of ACE Biotek. “By partnering with CyberLink, ACE Biotek integrates a world-class, highly accurate facial recognition and mask detection engine into its Wallie Screen system, addressing a fast-growing need for frictionless security, health and safety solutions that emerged with COVID-19 and is even more prevalent as parts of the world is reopening.”

ACE Bioteck’s Wallie Screen AI Rapid Temperature Screening System is equipped with real-time infrared body temperature and identity recognition. Additionally, Wallie Screen can also automatically detect whether the face is wearing a mask. It is equipped with cross-platform real-time remote monitoring, which can activate the use of equipment during non-epidemic times and reduce the possibility of on-site disease infection.

With digital media content consumption on the rise across devices, the world’s no. 1 multimedia player delivers the seamless playback and streaming experience that today’s consumers expect and demand.

Taipei, Taiwan — April 15, 2021—CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), today announced the release of PowerDVD 21, the latest version of its award-winning movie and media playback software that allows users to watch 8K, 4K HDR Blu-ray, and a wide range of media formats across mobile phones, tablets, TVs, PCs and laptops.

PowerDVD 21 builds on CyberLink’s cutting-edge media technology leadership and offers an even more complete and intuitive user interface, as well as the most comprehensive cloud-based viewing and streaming experience for seamless enjoyment of content anywhere, in the best possible quality. An integrated and easy-to-use media manager automatically organizes the entire library of photos, videos, music, as well as Blu-ray and DVD movies, making PowerDVD a component essential to any home theater media center.

Offering a cross-device media experience has never been more essential. Over 80% of consumers now have two or more connected devices – with a 30% increase in time spent using video streaming apps on mobile. PowerDVD 21 has integrated and optimized the entire mobile experience to meet these changing video viewing habits. By syncing with CyberLink Cloud, PowerDVD 21 offers a complete cross-device, home theater experience where users can pause media on one device and continue watching on other PCs or smartphones right where they left off. PowerDVD 21 also extends content access to friends and family by generating shareable hyperlinks that allow playback of the content on their browser. PowerDVD 21 is the perfect choice for groups of people wishing to build a shared cloud-streaming collection and is ideal for increasingly popular virtual movie viewing parties. PowerDVD 21 also offers integrated streaming through Apple TV & Amazon Fire TV.

“Recognized as the world’s number one movie and media player, PowerDVD has a long history of pioneering multimedia playback features and functionalities, to the benefit of our millions of users,” said Dr. Jau Huang, CEO of CyberLink. “With the further optimization and integration into CyberLink Cloud and enhancements to an already user-friendly UI, we are proud to announce that PowerDVD 21 is more than just a Blu-ray and DVD player. It is the ultimate solution to every home entertainment need.”

In addition to offering a new cross-device playback and sharing experience, PowerDVD 21 benefits from a number of cutting-edge features such as a comprehensive information and artwork database, and unique AI-based facial recognition capabilities. All whilst continuing to guarantee better-than-original audio and video playback for Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD, as well as major file formats, codecs and 360˚ video. PowerDVD 21 users can also enjoy spatial audio support for 360˚ videos, making VR video feel as realistic as being there in person. PowerDVD 21 is available in a variety of subscription and perpetual options.

CyberLink introduced PowerPlayer 365 in 2020, a streamlined alternative to PowerDVD for users who do not need to play DVDs and Blu-ray disks. In 2021, it now offers enhanced playback support for 8K and 4K media, including YouTube videos. Furthermore, with TrueTheater® Enhancements, PowerPlayer365 can provide users with a cinema-level home theater experience for all their movies and content.

Enhanced compatibility with mainstream VMS from Milestone, Network Optix and VIVOTEK, and support for NVIDIA Jetson

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Mar 31 2021 – CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer in AI and facial recognition technologies, today announced significant enhancements to FaceMe® Security, adding to its already impressive set of facial-recognition-based features such as people identification and contactless access control. The updates include the ability to identify people with a high degree of precision even when wearing a mask, as well as mask detection and temperature measurement for health control. The solution now offers enhanced compatibility to a number of mainstream video management systems (VMS) and further optimization to chipset support, including the cost-effective NVIDIA Jetson platform.

FaceMe® Security comes with all the features needed to enable automated and contactless security monitoring, access control and health checks, each of which are relevant to organizations of all types and sizes, in all sectors of the economy. Small business owners can literally setup affordable single-computer, single-camera systems on their own. The same FaceMe® Security solution’s robust and scalable architecture enables a rapid and easy deployment by system integrators anywhere, from single-location businesses to very large organizations, addressing use cases relevant across a wide range of industries and sectors, including retail, manufacturing, warehousing, office management, hospitality and many others.

Its flexibility, such as the ability to connect into existing IP cameras and run on multiple types of computers and workstations, often allows integrators to implement FaceMe® Security across entire organizations, all from the server room. The polyvalence of its features and a collection of APIs ensure a seamless integration into systems such as visitor management, employee time and attendance, access control and automated door operation, in addition to connecting easily into existing surveillance and monitoring systems.

The newest edition of FaceMe® Security Workstation allows for real-time face detection and facial template extraction at the edge. Optimized to run across a wide range of edge-based hardware, FaceMe® Security Workstation can be deployed on high-end Windows workstations equipped with single or multiple NVIDIA Quadro GPUs for heavily trafficked areas of up to 80,000 people per hour. For mid-sized sites with traffic ranging from 2,000 – 6,000 people per hour, such as a warehouse, FaceMe® Security Workstation can be deployed on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier or Xavier NX, providing modest levels of performance with a significantly lower financial and energy costs.

FaceMe® Security’s notification API supports mainstream VMS (video management systems), including Milestone, Network Optix Nx Witness and VIVOTEK VAST2. FaceMe® Security enables real-time detection of VIP, block-listed and tagged personnel entering surveillance zones and triggers a notification to the VMS, informing security personnel of real-time events.

“Biometric and vision technologies are setting new standards for IP surveillance deployments. Not only can solutions using top-tier facial recognition accurately verify identity, even for faces partially covered by a mask, but they can also detect if the mask is worn properly,” said Dr. Jau Huang, CEO of CyberLink. “Powered by the world’s leading facial recognition technology, FaceMe® Security is an all-inclusive solution that can completely overhaul existing IP surveillance infrastructures to deliver the latest security, access control and health screening capabilities, for organizations of all sizes, across all industries.”

In addition to its built-in features, FaceMe® Security offers two add-ons that expand its capabilities to provide complete time and attendance as well as integrated health screening. The FaceMe® Security Check-In add-on can be deployed on light-weight PCs at building entrances for real-time, on-screen identity verification along with check-in information. The FaceMe® Security Health add-on provides an inconspicuous health-monitoring solution for any facility. The AI engine detects if a person is wearing a mask properly over the nose and mouth, verifies their identity, and measures their body temperature. When detecting a person with elevated body temperature or someone not wearing a mask, a notification including the person’s picture and location is sent instantly to security personnel for further actions.

For more information about FaceMe® Security, please visit:

https://www.cyberlink.com/faceme/solution/security

macOS users can now choose the all-inclusive PhotoDirector 365, that comes loaded with exciting tools, features and add-ons offered with their subscription, including royalty-free, professional-grade photos, video and audio with new Shutterstock integration

Taipei, Taiwan—March 30, 2021—CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) today announced the first macOS release of PhotoDirector 365, CyberLink’s flagship subscription photo editing software for content creators, enthusiasts, and professional users. With the addition of PhotoDirector 365 Mac, CyberLink is now the only brand in the industry offering software support for its flagship video and photo editing solutions across all platforms and operating systems. CyberLink customers now have access to both PowerDirector and PhotoDirector value-loaded subscription versions on Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and Chromebook.

The new PhotoDirector 365 Mac comes with free and unlimited access to an extensive, royalty-free library of premium content from market leader Shutterstock. This service is integrated into the software’s content library, bringing an invaluable resource to users’ fingertips. This new release from CyberLink also adds the Shutterstock library to PowerDirector 365 Mac, completing availability across all the Director 365 offerings, and included at no extra cost with the subscription. For the first time, all 365 users can leverage hundreds of thousands of professional-grade photos, videos and audio clips for consumer and commercial use.

 

Beyond the introduction of PhotoDirector 365 Mac, CyberLink’s update comes with several new features and add-ons, together with noticeable user interface enhancements across all its Director 365 creative software offerings, on all platforms, while maintaining its highly competitive and flexible pricing options:

 

PhotoDirector 365 for Mac features a new Shutterstock integration, and both PC and Mac versions come with new photo editing capabilities, including:

• Auto color enhancement
• Bokeh effect
• Salient object segmentation

PowerDirector 365 for Mac features a new Shutterstock integration, App Store support, as well as new video and audio editing capabilities, including:

• Preview cache engine
• Volume (dB) meter for mixed main timeline (2ch and 5.1ch)
• Title in-place edit and title mini editor
• Mask position, scale, opacity, and rotation with keyframes
• Video and audio in reverse
• Motion graphics title (v2)
• Particle designer (express mode)
• Audio editor (pitch shift, vocal transformer, radio, phone)

PowerDirector 365 for PC features new video editing capabilities, including:

• CLUT strength adjustment
• Video production with selected range of timeline
• New color picker and dropper
• Motion graphics title support for parameter grouping
• One scene template support (PowerDirector 365 Business only)
• Overall UX improvements

“Accessibility across all platforms has become a core principle at CyberLink, and our expanding collaboration with Apple now makes the award-winning PhotoDirector 365 software available to macOS users,” said Dr. Jau Huang, CEO of CyberLink. “Never before has a brand and consistent offering of photo and video editing software been made available across all platforms: Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and Chromebook. Today’s release highlights our mission to deliver creative software that is intuitive to users of all skill levels, from occasional enthusiasts to professional creators, with a rich and constantly improving set of features, tools and add-ons optimized to fully support their creative potential.”

 

Product Availability
The above products are available online at the CyberLink online store and in selected retail outlets worldwide in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese and Korean.

Download the PhotoDirector app today on the App Store or Google Play.

Download the PowerDirector app today on the App Store or Google Play.

CyberLink’s FaceMe® integrates with Vypin eScreener, enabling real-time facial recognition and mask detection into kiosks

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Feb 25 2021 – CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer in AI and facial recognition technologies, today announced a partnership integrating its facial recognition software development kit (SDK) FaceMe® into Vypin eScreener™ kiosks. The solution enables cutting-edge touchless access control and security, in an all-in-one facial recognition, mask detection, digital hand sanitizer, and body temperature check kiosk.

One of the biggest challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic is ensuring that essential in-person services can remain operational while guaranteeing that spaces are safe and secure. Vypin launched the Vypin eScreener™ kiosk with the latest in automated screening technology to promote health and safety without sacrificing the employee or customer experience. CyberLink’s FaceMe® SDK powers the eScreener™ kiosk’s ability to detect whether a face mask is present or not, while supporting more than 100,000 facial identifications on the device and keeping track of scan time, access approval and more.

“Facial recognition technology is becoming more integral to our lives every day, especially in the fight against COVID-19,” said Dr. Jau Huang, Chairman and CEO, CyberLink. “As a pioneer in the market, FaceMe® was uniquely able to provide the core component in Vypin’s eScreener™ kiosks to detect both masked and unmasked faces, while supporting a positive and uninterrupted customer and employee experience.”

CyberLink’s FaceMe® engine is ranked as one of the most accurate facial recognition technologies in the world by the renowned National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT), with an accuracy rate of up to 99.7%. FaceMe® is integrated into both the eScreener™ Max and more compact Pro model to meet a variety of spatial needs and use cases.

“The integration of our kiosks with CyberLink’s state-of-the-art FaceMe® facial recognition engine enables us to arm clients with the secure, automated technology they need as a frontline defense,” said JT McGibbon, VP/General Manager, Vypin. “As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19, our hands-free kiosks powered by FaceMe® provide peace of mind to organizations and businesses maintaining the health and safety of their in-person environments.”

CyberLink’s FaceMe® Security will integrate with Network Optix’s Nx Witness VMS, enabling real-time detection and notification of VIP, block-listed and tagged personnel

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – February 02, 2021 – CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer in AI and facial recognition technologies, today announced a high level integration with all Powered by Nx VsaaS solutions developed by Network Optix – including Nx Witness VMS. The integration of CyberLink’s FaceMe® Security software with Powered by Nx VSaaS solutions makes it possible for system integrators to add face recognition to IP video systems for any application – including smart city, retail, industrial facilities, hospitality and many additional use cases.

Network Optix’s Nx Meta is an open, extensible, free-to-use platform created to help companies rapidly develop VSaaS solutions for any market. The integration of FaceMe® Security with Nx Meta makes it simple for companies to create face recognition enabled VSaaS solutions that track personnel and trigger real-time events based on identity. Companies utilizing the integrated solution can create customized intelligent video applications capable of identifying pre-configured block-listed individuals – which can be used for a variety of purposes including time and attendance, hands-free access control, VIP client management, and more.

CyberLink’s FaceMe® solution is ranked one of the most accurate facial recognition technologies in the world by the renowned National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT), with an accuracy rate of up to 99.7%. CyberLink’s FaceMe® Security is a smart surveillance software that runs on PC, workstations, servers, and VMS.

“Smart video management solutions have become a primary security tool across a wide variety of industries,” said Dr. Jau Huang, CEO of CyberLink. “Facial recognition technology like FaceMe®, is enabling video management systems to better protect and manage spaces and the people within them. Joining forces with Network Optix, we’ll help fulfill this growing market need and raise the overall standard of quality of security technology in the industry.”

“Network Optix is excited about the new integration between Cyberlink’s FaceMe® Security solution for Nx Witness VMS and all Powered by Nx products,” said Tony Luce, Director of Marketing for Nx. “FaceMe® Security is well designed, has a flexible deployment model, and is simple to install, use, and integrate. It’s everything we look for in a partner solution and we’re excited to introduce it as our newest Works with Nx product.”