The report also mentioned the NEC's use cases that included multimodal biometrics for a wide range of public and private services, including citizen services, payments, marketing and security.

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Ahead of the New Year, NEC Corporation, on Monday, said that it has been named a major player in the IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) Vision Artificial Intelligence Software Platform 2021 Vendor Assessment. 

NEC in a statement said that this placement is based on the strength of its AI/Biometrics technologies in multiple areas. NEC’s AI technologies, including voice recognition, image and video recognition, machine learning, prediction and detection and research in life sciences and healthcare, are either unprecedented or ranked number one in the world, it said. 

“Vision AI is one of the emerging technology markets. It is critical to watch major vendors and more mature market solutions because the early movers tend to consolidate their strengths with greater access to training data, more iterations of algorithm variations, deeper understanding of the operation contexts that are inclusive of constraints and noises, and more systematic approaches to work with solution partners in the ecosystem," said  Christopher Lee Marshall, Associate VP, AI and analytics strategies, IDC Asia/Pacific. 

The company further said that the report also mentioned the NEC's use cases that included multimodal biometrics for a wide range of public and private services, including citizen services, payments, marketing and security. 

“NEC develops top-class AI/Biometrics technologies and offers high value-added solutions to customers and society in order to navigate a wide range of conditions flexibly and quickly. This recognition from IDC celebrates our achievements and our philosophy of providing the best-in-class technology to the market.”