Release notes for MegaMatcher 4.4 line of products

These release notes are relevant for the following products:

• MegaMatcher 4.4 Standard / Extended SDK
• VeriFinger 6.6 Standard / Extended SDK
• VeriLook 5.3 Standard / Extended SDK
• VeriEye 2.6 Standard / Extended SDK
• VeriSpeak 1.2 Standard / Extended SDK

See MegaMatcher 13 product line release notes for the newer versions.

List of releases:

• July 1, 2013 (Revision 104508)
• June 18, 2013 (Revision 104031)
• April 26, 2013 (Revision 101724)
• March 7, 2013 (Revision 99772)
• January 29, 2013 (Revision 98278)
• December 18, 2012 (Revision 96889)

See MegaMatcher 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 product lines release notes for the previous versions.

July 1, 2013

Product revision: 104508

• Fixed memory leak in NBiometricStandards library.
• Fixed rare internal bugs in NCore, NBiometrics and NBiometricStandards library.

June 18, 2013

Product revision: 104031

• Fixed rare internal bugs in NCore, NBiometrics and NBiometricStandards library.
• Fixed several minor bugs in Java, .NET library wrappers.
• Fixed several bugs in Biometrics and BiometricStandarts samples and tutorials.
• Added Neurotec.Media extensions for .NET 3.5 and 4.5 frameworks.
• Added Neurotec.Media extension for Windows 8 and Windows 8 Store applications.
• Added support for Canon EOS family cameras and updated camera API (see DevicesSample for example).
• Added ability to change device properties and parameters through NDeviceManager.
• Added support for Green Bit DactyScan84c fingerprint scanner.
• Added ability to create add network devices (RTSP cameras) to NDeviceManager without specifying connection settings in config file (see DevicesSample for example).
• Added support for video file reading on MacOS X.
• Added ability to directly insert templates to NClusterServer and NServer (servers will handle insertion to DB automatically).
• Updated VistaImaging iris scanner module to include live iris detection.
• Updated support of RTSP cameras (RTSP cameras are being used throught live555 library).
• Updated NImage API, NImageInfo is now part of NImage.

April 26, 2013

Product revision: 101724

• Fixed creation of FMRecord from FMRecord (some fields where not copied correctly).
• Fixed rare internal bugs in NCore library.
• Fixed MacOSX distribution signing.
• Fixed possible deadlock situation when using Cross Match fingerprint scanner module.
• Fixed Futronic fingerprint scanner module to work with scanners that not provide ability to get their settings.
• Fixed rare ActivationWizard bug in showing badly formatted diagnostics.
• Added new NMedia tutorials, which demonstrate creating/reading WSQ images, loading additional information for image, etc.
• Added support for audio file reading on MacOSX.
• Added support for Iritech IrisShield iris scanner (for Windows platform).
• Added support for U.are.U 5100 Module and U.are.U 5160 Reader fingerprint scanners.

March 7, 2013

Product revision: 99772

• Fixed NSRecord template cloning.
• Fixed timeout handling in Lumidigm fingerprint scanner module.
• Fixed failure to close communication channel with RTSP cameras.
• Fixed capturing problems (failure to start and select available formats) with web camera on MacOSX.
• Fixed Mobotix IP camera capturing problem - low frames per second count.
• Fixed a rare fingerprint segmenter (NFSegmenter) crash.
• Fixed a rare palm matcher crash.
• Fixed minor bugs in Finger Tools, Abis (C#, VB.NET) and other samples.
• Fixed minor bugs in NCore library.
• Fixed license deactivation bug in Activation Wizard.
• Added individual sample retrieval and setting to NSoundBuffer.
• Added ability to get possible fingerprint positions for segmented fingerprints to fingerprint segmenter (NFSegmenter).
• Added support for Vista Imaging VistaEY2H iris camera.
• Added support for 3M Cogent CSD330 fingerprint scanner.

January 29, 2013

Product revision: 98278

• Fixed internal bugs in NCore and NBiometrics library.
• Fixed bugs in Activation Wizard.
• Added new face image sharpness quality measure.
• Added support for Cross Match Patrol and Patrol ID fingerprint scanners.
• Updated iris segmentation, improved iris extraction speed and accuracy.
• Updated gender classification algorithm, improved accuracy.
• Updated voices matching algorithm, improved speed.

December 18, 2012

Product revision: 96889

The first release of MegaMatcher 4.4 SDK line.

• Added gender recognition and 68 facial feature point extraction into face recognition engine.
• Added voice activity detection that allows to detect when users start and finish speaking.
• Added new interface for voice.
• Added functionality for saving voice buffer into WAV files.
• Added functionality for returning iris inner boundary.
• Added new tutorial to demonstrate fingerprint features segmentation.
• Added support for Basler scA1000-30gm and Basler BIP2-1600-25c-DN IP cameras.
• Added new NLicensing library functions. Removed NInstaller.
• Updated Activation Wizard.
• Updated drivers for UPEK fingerprint devices.

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