The Incode Face Authentication functionality allows you to identify previously registered users using face recognition. Depending on your use case, this is an excellent way to grant access to certain parts of your application or authorize high-value operations with very low friction.

Core concepts.

Facial Biometric Template

The facial biometric template is a mathematical representation of the characteristics and features extracted from a facial image (selfie). The algorithm used to create the Template is proprietary to Incode.

Incode Identity.

In the Incode Platform context, an Identity is a unique ID linked to the facial biometric template extracted from the selfie that a person provided during the Onboarding process; it means that for an Identity to be created, it is required an onboarding process where all verification modules are passed, otherwise an identity won't be created.

One-to-One (1:1) Face Authentication.

One-to-one facial authentication occurs when a person tries to identify themself by providing a selfie and a second authentication factor (customerId).

The biometric template from the selfie is compared against the biometric template from the existing identity associated with the customerId. The result of the comparison will be returned as a boolean value. This is called a face match.

Also, a confidence numeric value is returned, representing the match level between the person to be identified and the identity at Incode.

Learn how to integrate the Incode Face Authentication in your project.