Information technology - Use of biometrics in video surveillance systems - Part 1: System design and specification

ISO/IEC 30137-1:2024 The ISO/IEC 30137 series is applicable to the use of biometrics in VSSs (also known as closed circuit television or CCTV systems) for a number of scenarios, including real-time operation against watchlists and in post-event analysis of video data. In most cases, the biometric mode of choice will be face recognition, but this document also provides guidance for other modalities, such as gait recognition.

This document:

- defines the key terms for use in the specification of biometric technologies in a VSS, including metrics for defining performance;

- provides guidance on the selection of camera types, placement of cameras, image specification, etc., for the operation of a biometric recognition capability in conjunction with a VSS;

- provides guidance on the composition of the gallery (or watchlist) against which facial images from the VSS are compared, including the selection of appropriate images of sufficient quality, and the size of the gallery in relation to performance requirements;

- makes recommendations on data formats for facial images and other relevant information (including metadata) obtained from video footage, used in watchlist images, or fro