Incode face authentication can identify previously registered users with facial recognition. This allows you to more easily and safely grant access to certain parts of your application or authorize high-value operations.

Core Concepts

Facial Biometric Template

A facial biometric template is a mathematical representation of the characteristics and features extracted from a face image ("selfie").

Incode Identity

An Incode Identity is a unique ID for each previously registered user. It is linked to the facial biometric template extracted from the selfie taken during onboarding. An Incode Identity is created when all verification modules in an Onboarding Session are passed. If a module during onboarding fails, an Incode Identity is not created.

One-to-One (1:1) Facial Authentication

1:1 facial authentication is 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 is returned as a boolean value. This is called a face match.

Additionally, a confidence numeric value is returned, representing the match level between the person to be identified and the Incode Identity.

Learn how to integrate Incode face authentication in your project.