PopEye: robust Privacy-preserving biOmetric technologies for Passengers’ identification and verification at EU external borders maximising the accuracY, reliability and throughput of the rEcognition

PopEye unique value proposition focuses on a) strengthening the security at the external EU borders through fusing robust biometric
technologies for verification and identification, b) maximising the travellers’ experience when crossing the external EU borders through
unobtrusive on-the-move biometric technologies, c) improving the productivity of Border Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies
in performing identification and verification of people on the move and without stopping them, at up to 200m distance, when multiple
travellers cross borders, on foot or inside the same vehicle, in different nature e.g. open-air conditions, night, time, time constraints, space
constraints, etc. PopEye will introduce novel and robust biometric technologies in the five areas identified by the aforementioned Frontex
report combined with gait recognition, in order to maximise the impact and the return on investment in short term. PopEye through the
proposed technologies will support both EU and Third Country Nationals (TCN) citizens, will be compliant with existing and upcoming
regulations such as GDPR and AI Act, will comply with the Ethics Guidelines on Trustworthy AI (2019), will empower the EU values
and fundamental rights, including on data protection and avoid bias and discrimination.