ZFace: Technological autonomy and a high-performance Brazilian biometric engine

Since 1997, we have been using biometric technologies from partners and other suppliers to make up our identification solutions. However, around 2011, for strategic reasons, we started developing a proprietary facial recognition algorithm, in partnership with the Electrical Engineering Department at PUC-Rio and with funding from FINEP. Thus was born ZFace - [...]
MBC - Montreal Biometric Components: Biometric capture with flexibility, integration and scale

MBC - Montreal Biometric Components is a set of components for capturing and processing biometric data images. Created in 2012, it was initially developed to meet the technical requirements of public notices such as the TSE and DPF. Since then, MBC has become a versatile solution, supporting different projects [...]
Digital Transformation at SEFAZ-MA: From manpower allocation to delivery by results.

The Maranhão State Treasury Department (SEFAZ-MA) has always played an essential role in state tax management, guaranteeing the collection and inspection necessary to maintain public finances. However, the Information Technology area faced significant operational challenges. With services contracted on the basis of labor allocation (man-hours - [...]
Access Control Management and School Monitoring

Rio International School (RIS) is an international school of excellence located on the shores of the Marapendi Lagoon in Barra da Tijuca (RJ). With audits and regulatory requirements based on international security standards, the institution was looking for a robust solution for the protection and integrated management of its campus. In this context, Montreal proposed a model [...]
idNetBrasil: National solution for civil and criminal identification with security and integration

idNetBrasil, or simply idNet, is Montreal's civil and criminal identification solution, created based on the successful experience of DETRAN-RJ's State Identification System (SEI). The need to modernize civil identification systems - which issue identity cards - and criminal identification systems has led some states to [...]
Operations and monitoring center for the urban perimeter

Rio Innovation Week (RIW) is one of the largest technology and innovation events in Latin America. In 2023, the event's organizers approached Montreal with a complex challenge: to implement a solution that would combine real-time monitoring, on-site facial registration of participants and mapping the flow of people, all within [...]
In Practice: Automating Driving Tests Safely and Efficiently

The traditional process of administering practical driving tests at Detrans across the country still involves several manual steps, resulting in slowness, rework and operational risks. In the case of Rio de Janeiro's Detran, the main problems included the length of time it took to check and validate the documentation, the average time of up to three days [...]