American Vision AI Leader Cements Its Innovation Edge with Massive 30% Accuracy Gains in 12 Months, Achieving Top-Tier Precision with Next-Gen Speeds in Latest NIST Benchmark
Denver, CO – ROC, a leading provider of American-made biometric solutions, is proud to announce that its latest algorithm, ROC +0014, has once again excelled in the NIST Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies (ELFT).
By combining top-tier accuracy with category-defining efficiency, ROC +0014 highlights the company’s ongoing commitment to innovation. This next-generation technology sets new benchmarks in search speed and scalability, paving the way for future applications.
In the latest ELFT evaluation, ROC claimed the #1 rank for combined accuracy and efficiency, outperforming all competitors in terms of real-world operational benefits.
Source: NIST ELFT
ROC +0014 completed the matching process in a mere 64 seconds, significantly outpacing the top-performing entrant (43 minutes) and the overall test average (1 hour and 42 minutes).
Equally impressive are the accuracy gains. In the space of 12 months, ROC +0014 managed a 30% increase in accuracy compared to its predecessor, ROC +0009.
Average FNIR across all distal evaluation sets (lower is better):
- ROC +0009: 0.198
- ROC +0014: 0.138
- Change: +30.3%
These outcomes underscore ROC’s dedication to crafting world-class biometric algorithms and providing practical solutions for real-world challenges. Case in point, the company’s latent fingerprint matcher–the fastest in the world–boosts response times while reducing system complexity, computing resources, and total cost of ownership.
“We are excited to once again be recognized as a leader in NIST ELFT testing. At ROC, accuracy and extreme scientific rigour are more than just priorities, they’re in our DNA. The same applies to innovation, namely enhancing operational performance while reducing system complexity and costs. Very few providers can match a 30 million fingerprint database in 1 minute.”
– Dr. Brendan Klare, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, ROC
How Vision AI is transforming fingerprint analysis.
With the capability to match latent fingerprints in seconds, ROC’s leading-edge latent fingerprint technology is transforming modern law enforcement and crime scene investigation. The lightweight algorithms can even provide on-the-spot and on-device matching, enabling instant analysis at the crime scene. This reduces the identification process from hours to seconds, delivering crucial breakthroughs in situations where response time is critical, while also minimizing the resources needed for traditional forensic analysis, leading to more efficient and cost-effective operations.
“The algorithms we submit to NIST are the exact same production-ready algorithms available in the ROC SDK. Not only do we use ROC SDK to power all of our next-gen national security, public safety, and ABIS platforms, we ensure it’s readily accessible for anyone to test for themselves–at no cost.”
The NIST ELFT evaluation is a highly respected and rigorous benchmark designed to assess the accuracy of latent matching. By comparing the accuracy of searches using images alone with those using various feature sets marked by experienced human latent fingerprint examiners, the evaluation aims to gauge the current state of the art in AI-powered biometric identification.
By delivering its signature combination of top-tier accuracy and powerfully lightweight search speeds, ROC continues to set the standard for biometric innovation.
Making the world smarter, safer, and stronger.
ROC is the only American-made multimodal biometrics and computer vision provider, trusted by the U.S. military, law enforcement, and leading global FinTech brands. Our fully multimodal solutions leverage NIST-ranked face, fingerprint, and iris algorithms to enable fast, accurate, and secure identity verification for a range of applications including national ID, ABIS, digital payments, and more. ROC is employee-owned, ethics-driven, and proudly made in America. The company is headquartered in Denver, CO, with centers of excellence in Morgantown, WV, and Grand Rapids, MI.