Editing Iris recognition (section)

==Deployed applications==
[[File:IrisGuard-UAE.JPG|thumb|IrisGuard Inc. UAE enrolment station]]
* [[United Arab Emirates]] IrisGuard's Homeland Security Border Control has been operating an expellee tracking system in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since 2003, when the UAE launched a national border-crossing security initiative. Today, all of the UAE's land, air and sea ports of entry are equipped with systems. All foreign nationals who need a visit visa to enter the UAE are now processed through iris cameras installed at all primary and auxiliary immigration inspection points. To date, the system has apprehended over 330,000 persons re-entering the UAE with either another name or nationality (which needs a visa), or even fraudulent travel documents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europeanbusinessreview.eu/page.asp?pid=435|title=Identification in the Twinkle of the Eye|website=europeanbusiness.gr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.behinco.com/iris/|title=Behin Pajouhesh Eng. Co. - Behin IRIS (Automated IRIS-Based Identification System)}}</ref>
* [[Bank United of Texas]]. In 1999 Bank United became the first bank in the world<ref>{{Cite web|date=2002-04-16|title=Bank United Announces Results of First U.S. Iris Recognition ATM Consumer Survey|url=https://www.atmmarketplace.com/news/bank-united-announces-results-of-first-us-iris-recognition-atm-consumer-survey/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=www.atmmarketplace.com|language=en}}</ref> to deploy iris recognition ATMs. These ATMs were manufactured by Diebold using Sensar iris recognition technology. The pilots deployed by Bank United received national television coverage. Coverage and interviews of Sensar executives and Bank United executives included Good Morning America, USA Today, and many other national television shows.

[[File:Iris Recognition Enabled ATM.jpg|thumb|IrisGuard Inc. First Cash Withdrawal on Iris Enabled ATM]]

* [[Jordan|Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan]] - 2009, IrisGuard<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irisguard.com/|title=World Leaders in Iris Recognition Services and Technology|website=irisguard}}</ref> deployed one of the world's first operational iris-enabled automated teller machine at [[Cairo Amman Bank]], where bank customers can seamlessly withdraw cash from ATM's without a bank card or pin but simply by presenting their eye to the iris recognition camera on the ATM. Since June 2012, IrisGuard is also providing financial inclusion to [[UNHCR]]<ref>http://innovation.unhcr.org/labs_post/cash-assistance/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104010050/http://innovation.unhcr.org/labs_post/cash-assistance/ |date=4 November 2016 }} {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> registered Syrian refugees in Jordan on ATM's.  The system is designed to facilitate cash-supported interventions that help deliver financial assistance to refugees with speed and dignity while lowering overhead costs and boosting accountability.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://innovation.unhcr.org/labs_post/cash-assistance/|title=UNHCR Innovation {{!}} Biometric Cash Assistance|website=innovation.unhcr.org|access-date=2016-11-03|archive-date=4 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104010050/http://innovation.unhcr.org/labs_post/cash-assistance/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Aadhaar]] began operation in 2011 in India, whose government is enrolling the iris patterns (and other biometrics) of more than one billion residents for the Aadhaar scheme for entitlements distribution, run by the Unique Identification Authority of India ([[UIDAI]]).<ref name="portal.uidai.gov.in" />  This programme at its peak was enrolling about one million persons every day, across 36,000 stations operated by 83 agencies.  By October 2015, the number of persons enrolled exceeded 926 million, with each new enrollee being compared to all existing ones for de-duplication checks (hence 926 trillion, i.e. 926 million-million, iris cross-comparisons per day).<ref>{{Cite web|title = Aadhaar - Unique Identification|url = https://portal.uidai.gov.in/uidwebportal/dashboard.do|website = portal.uidai.gov.in|access-date = 2015-11-02|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170604172010/https://portal.uidai.gov.in/uidwebportal/dashboard.do|archive-date = 2017-06-04|url-status = dead}}</ref>  Its purpose is to issue residents a biometrically provable unique entitlement number (Aadhaar) by which benefits may be claimed, and social inclusion enhanced; thus the slogan of UIDAI is: "To give the poor an identity." Iris technology providers must be granted a STQC (Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification) certificate in order to supply iris scanners for the project. By far, there are providers such as: IriTech Inc. (dual iris scanner IriMagic 100BK), Cogent (CIS-202), Iris ID (icam TD 100), Iris Guard (IG-AD-100), etc.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.stqc.gov.in/sites/upload_files/stqc/files/UID_Enrolment_list_04042014alphabetical.pdf|title = STQC Certificate granted suppliers|access-date = 2 November 2015|archive-date = 16 June 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150616072432/http://www.stqc.gov.in/sites/upload_files/stqc/files/UID_Enrolment_list_04042014alphabetical.pdf|url-status = dead}}</ref>
* Police forces across America planned to start using BI2 Technologies' mobile MORIS (Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System) in 2012. The New York City Police Department was the first, with a system installed in Manhattan in the fall of 2010.<ref>{{cite news | title = Police to begin iPhone iris scans amid privacy concerns | url = http://reuters.com/article/us-crime-identification-iris-idUSTRE76J4A120110720 | date = 2011-07-20 | work = Reuters | access-date = 2012-09-26 | archive-date = 2012-09-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120918204431/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/20/us-crime-identification-iris-idUSTRE76J4A120110720 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* Iris recognition technology has been implemented by BioID Technologies SA in [[Pakistan]] for UNHCR repatriation project to control aid distribution for Afghan refugees. Refugees are repatriated by UNHCR in cooperation with Government of Pakistan, and they are paid for their travel. To make sure people do not get paid more than once, their irises are scanned, and the system will detect the refugees on next attempt. The database has more than 1.3 million iris code templates and around 4000 registrations per day. The one-to-many iris comparison takes place within 1.5 seconds against 1.3 million iris codes.
* In early 2013, United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) also installed a new biometrics identity management system (BIMS) by IriTech Inc. for the refugees in the Malawi Camp. During the pilot program, which lasted four weeks, more than 17,000 people enrolled their iris biometric data and had their identities verified. After the successful pilot in Malawi, Thailand was recently chosen to be the first site of the global roll-out. After 5 months, in June 2015, UNHCR has completed its registration for nearly 110,000 Myanmar refugees in Thailand's border camps with the help of the new system.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Biometric Identity Management System|url = http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=550c304c9&query=biometric|website = UNHCR|access-date = 2015-11-02}}</ref>
* At [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]], [[Netherlands]], iris recognition has permitted expedited, passport-free border security passing since 2001 through the Privium program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schiphol.nl/Travellers/AtSchiphol/Privium/Privium/IrisScans.htm|title=Iris scans at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|publisher=[[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]]|access-date=2013-07-14|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033202/http://www.schiphol.nl/Travellers/AtSchiphol/Privium/Privium/IrisScans.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Canadian Air Transport Security Authority]]'s Restricted Area Identity Card (RAIC) program is the world's first dual-biometric program deployed around major Canadian airports for staff and aircrews to access the restricted areas using separate channels from passengers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/page.aspx?id=35&pname=IdentityCard_CarteIdentite&lang=en |title=Restricted area identity card |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514201806/http://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/page.aspx?id=35&pname=IdentityCard_CarteIdentite&lang=en |archive-date=May 14, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/aviationsecurity/page-168.htm|title=Backgrounder|publisher=Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA)}}</ref>
* In a number of Canadian airports, as part of the [[NEXUS (frequent traveller program)|NEXUS]] program that facilitates entry into the US and Canada for pre-approved, low-risk travellers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pascu |first={{!}} Luana |date=2019-10-29 |title=Nexus kiosks at Canadian airports upgraded with facial recognition {{!}} Biometric Update |url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/201910/nexus-kiosks-at-canadian-airports-upgraded-with-facial-recognition |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=www.biometricupdate.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In several Canadian airports, as part of the [[CANPASS]] Air program that facilitates entry into Canada for pre-approved, low-risk air travelers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/canpass/canpassair-eng.html |title=CANPASS Air |access-date=2010-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227034014/http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/canpass/canpassair-eng.html |archive-date=2012-12-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:USMC Sergeant identifies Baghdaddi city council member with iris scanner.jpg|thumb|A [[U.S. Marine Corps]] [[Sergeant]] uses a "PIER 2.3" iris scanner to positively identify a member of the [[Baghdadi, Iraq|Baghdadi]] city council prior to a meeting with local tribal leaders, [[sheiks]], community leaders and U.S. service members.]]
* UK's Iris Recognition Immigration System, which started operating in 2004 but which was closed to new registrations in 2011 and which has been phased out in 2012 and 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/managingborders/technology/iris/ |title=IRIS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501055546/http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/managingborders/technology/iris/ |archive-date=May 1, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1485611_manchester-airport-eye-scanners-scrapped-over-delays|title=Manchester Airport eye scanners scrapped over delays|work=Manchester Evening News|access-date=16 February 2012|archive-date=16 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216130241/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1485611_manchester-airport-eye-scanners-scrapped-over-delays|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/airport-eye-scanners-to-be-reviewed-6988721.html |work=The Press Association, printed in The Independent |first=Wesley |last=Johnson |title=Airport eye scanners to be reviewed |date=16 February 2012 }}</ref>
* Used in 2002 to verify the recognition of the "Afghan Girl" ([[Sharbat Gula]]) by ''National Geographic'' photographer Steve McCurry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~jgd1000/afghan.html|first=John|last=Daugman|publisher=[[University of Cambridge]]|title=How the Afghan Girl was Identified by Her Iris Patterns|access-date=2013-07-14}}</ref>
* Since at least 2011, [[Google]] uses iris scanners to control access to their [[datacenter|datacentres]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLory3qLoY8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/cLory3qLoY8 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Google data center security|website=[[YouTube]] |date=2011-04-13|access-date=2013-07-14}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* In 2010, Leon, Mexico, deployed iris scanners in public spaces, that can identify up to fifty people at once.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything |url=https://archive.org/details/mobilewavehowmob0000sayl |url-access=registration |last=Saylor |first=Michael |year=2012 |publisher=Perseus Books/Vanguard Press |isbn=978-1593157203 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mobilewavehowmob0000sayl/page/98 98] }}</ref>
* On May 10, 2011, Hoyos Group demonstrated a device called EyeLock using iris-recognition as an alternative to passwords to log people into password-protected Web sites and applications, like Facebook or eBay.<ref>{{cite news|first=Lance|last=Whitney|publisher=[[CNET]]|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20062254-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710212612/http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20062254-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2012|title=Iris recognition gadget eliminates passwords|date=2011-05-12|access-date=2011-05-12}}</ref>
* Princeton Identity has been developing an "Iris on the Move" system and set of products, primarily for U.S. Government clients, capable of identifying 30 people per minute.<ref name="shrink"/> Most recently, they have specialized in a product where drivers can be identified without needing to leave their vehicle.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.biometricupdate.com/201304/sri-international-sarnoff-launches-iris-biometric-vehicle-access-control-system/|title=SRI International Sarnoff launches iris biometric vehicle access control system|work=Biometric Update|date=2013-04-10|access-date=2013-07-15}}</ref>
* M2SYS Technology has deployed their RightPatient biometric patient identification system using iris recognition at 11 Novant Health hospitals in the Charlotte and Winston-Salem markets. The RightPatient iris biometric patient identification system is designed to capture both the face and the iris pattern of patients and uniquely link them to their electronic medical record.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/08/11/4227398/novants-new-iris-scan-connects.html#.Uooqf8ScGv0 |title=Novant's new iris scan connects patients to records |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407083831/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/08/11/4227398/novants-new-iris-scan-connects.html |archive-date=April 7, 2014 }}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
* In March 2015, India's Andhra Pradesh state has launched an iris-based identity management solution developed by IriTech for enhancing pension distribution system. The Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu demonstrated IriShield USB MK2120U device during a launching event of Andhra Pradesh state's iris scanning facility for pension distribution. "The state's decision to use iris technology as a primary method to issue Aadhaar verified DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) will address concerns of total inclusiveness of its residence as well as providing a more accurate and a hygiene solution," says Binod E. Mathai, Director of Biometronic Technology.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Indian state selects iris based identity management solution by IriTech|url = http://www.biometricupdate.com/201503/indian-state-selects-iris-based-identity-management-solution-by-iritech|website = BiometricUpdate|access-date = 2015-11-02|language = en|date = 2015-03-11}}</ref>
* On May 28, 2015, [[Fujitsu]] released ARROWS NX F-04G the first smartphone with an iris scanner.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/resources/news/press-releases/2015/0525-01.html | title=Fujitsu Releases ARROWS NX F-04G - Fujitsu Global}}</ref> 
* On mid 2015, the Kenya Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in order to provide an accurate attendance tracking for all students in classes (roll-call) or school buses (getting on/off tracking) has implemented iris biometric system. The solution includes IriTech's IriShield camera connecting to a low cost Android phone or tablet via USB cable. Iris matching is done on-board of IriShield whose internal gallery can hold up to 500 identities (expandable to 5,000 identities) which is more than enough for most of the schools. The local matching capability is a particular advantage in the school-bus scenario because it does not require wireless/3G communication between the biometric terminal in the bus and a back-end server. 
* At the end of 2015, [[Microsoft]] launched two [[Microsoft Lumia|Lumia]] phones ([[Microsoft Lumia 950|Lumia 950]] and [[Microsoft Lumia 950|Lumia 950 XL]]) featuring iris scanning as a way to authenticate the user.
* In August 2016, [[Samsung]] released their first smartphone with iris recognition technology, the [[Samsung Galaxy Note 7|Galaxy Note 7]], using a front-facing camera and infrared illumination.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seifert |first=Dan |date=2016-08-02 |title=Samsung Galaxy Note 7 arrives August 19th with curved display, iris scanner |url=https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/8/2/12344688/samsung-galaxy-note-7-announced-price-release-date-specs |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=The Verge |language=en-US}}</ref> This technology was provided as an option to unlock the smartphone, and to authenticate the users for different features such as Knox security framework, and to restore the Samsung account password.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gibbs |first=Samuel |date=2016-08-03 |title=Samsung unveils Galaxy Note 7 phablet you can unlock with your eyes |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/02/samsungs-galaxy-note-7-is-waterproof-and-has-iris-scanning |access-date=2023-06-08 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Mark |date=2016-08-22 |title=Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 Iris Scanner Is A Welcome New Authentication Option |work=Fast Company |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3063099/samsungs-galaxy-note-7-iris-scanner-is-a-welcome-new-authentication-option}}</ref>
* May 1, 2017, the first iris-enabled humanitarian blockchain system in the world was deployed in Azraq Refugee camp in Jordan by IrisGuard. More than 10,000 Syrian refugees use only their eyes without any token to pay for their food on WFP Building Blocks (a Private Ethereum Blockchain on AWS) to redeem their assistance. The project expanded to 100,000 refugees in January 2018.
*March 2018, World Food Program (WFP) started to implement iris recognition in its food distribution system for the first time in Uganda. The country is hosting approximately 1.4 million refugees and asylum-seekers. It is one of the countries with the highest number of refugees in the world. IriTech's iris scanner BK 2121U is being used to deliver the right food to the right refugees, making sure that they get the food assistance they are entitled to. WFP plans to scale up the system to 180 food distribution sites across Uganda by the end of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|title = These changes show that WFP loves us.|url = https://insight.wfp.org/these-changes-show-that-wfp-loves-us-247f0c1ebcf|website = World Food Programme Insight|access-date = 2018-07-19|language = en|date = 2018-03-19}}</ref>
*Sept 2019, ZainCash started to deploy iris recognition to perform cash distribution for refugees and IDPs for the first time using IrisGuard EyePay mobile phone in Kurdistan, Iraq using ZainCash mobile wallet. The world first mobile iris deployment is carried out with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) IrisGuard and Zain Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zain.com/en/press/ZainCash_EyePay/|title = Zain}}</ref>
*In June 2023, Apple introduced the [[Apple Vision Pro|Vision Pro]] mixed reality headset{{efn|Apple has introduced the Vision Pro as a "[[Spatial computing|spatial computer]]", but the media and the general public have referred to it as a mixed reality or [[extended reality]] headset.}} with a biometric security authentication technology called Optic ID. According to [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], Optic ID analyzes a user’s iris through LED light exposure and then compares it with an enrolled Optic ID stored on the device’s Secure Enclave. The system can, reportedly, differentiate between the irises of identical twins.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shakir |first=Umar |date=2023-06-05 |title=Apple's Vision Pro headset uses iris scanning for logins with Optic ID |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/5/23750147/apple-optic-id-vision-pro-iris-biometrics |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=The Verge |language=en-US}}</ref>