What is person identification?
Person identification is viewing one or more images of a person and performing a specialist range of forensic tests and procedures in an attempt to determine the identity of the person.
Frequently, a 'control' image, ideally being a good quality recently taken photograph known to be of a certain person is compared with one or more images of a suspect, perhaps from a closed circuit television [CCTV] recording. These two images are compared via forensic tests with a view towards determining whether or not they may contain one and the same person.
Since 1996 the Analysis Bureau Imagery has had specialist industry experience in person and body identification from security closed circuit television [CCTV] video and still image forensic analysis. We provide image enhancement and enlargement with hard copy prints inserted in specially formatted Expert Witness Reports. We are Independent Expert Witnesses.
Huge amounts of video data (including CCTV) are captured every day. The Analysis Bureau Imagery employs advanced video facilities that can assist in dramatically improving the quality of recorded video imagery, from which salient still images may be produced for further, more detailed analysis.
Humans are variable in their body size, shape and function. These variances are sometimes captured on CCTV.
For two decades or so, the popularity of closed circuit television systems [CCTV] has increased and has been employed to survey a wide variety of buildings and establishments.
Our expertise includes:-
1] Chronology: "the provision of a Report covering the evolution of an incident along a predetermined time line"
2] Comparative Analysis: "the provision of a Report covering the comparison of a specific object or person which/who appears in one set of images with a specific object or person which/who appears in another set of images and considering the likelihood or otherwise of the object or person being the same"
3] Photogrammetry: "the determining of dimensional data from imagery as accurately as possible which is then able to be compared with actual physical dimensions obtained from on site measurement"
The Analysis Bureau Imagery are able to advise with respect to the quality of CCTV evidence, particularly in the ability to provide identification evidence.
We are able to assess the suitability of still and video images for facial mapping, clothing and body comparison.
We have specialist industry experience since 1996 in the forensic analysis of images.
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