The required modules for face search or recognition, age/gender recognition, or visitor counting are activated by creating an object corresponding to the required recognition module on the basis of the Face recognition server object.

To activate the Age/gender defining channelArchive search channelRecognition channel and Visitor counting channel modules, select the required Face detection object on the settings panel of the corresponding object (see Configuring the captured faces recognition parameters).

Activation of the Cognitec recognition module

The Cognitec recognition module is activated in two stages:

  1. Standard activation by means of creating a Cognitec recognition module object on the basis of the Face recognition server object. 
  2. Activation using the Cognitec key file by the following algorithm:

          2.1. Create a request file:

The hwkey.bat file should be run on the PC that will run the face recognition module.

2.2. Send the Cognitec8lic.txt file to the Face Intellect vendor.

2.3. Receive the activationkey.cfg from the Face Intellect vendor.

2.4. Copy the activationkey.cfg file to the <Face intellect installation directory>\Modules\FaceRecognition\Cognitec8\bin folder.

2.5. Rename the activationkey.cfg file to Cognitec8License.cfg.

2.6. Run the CognitecLicenseUtil.exe file in the <Face Intellect installation directory>\Modules\FaceRecognition as administrator.

Administrator rights are required for proper operation of the CognitecLicenseUtil.exe file.  

Re-installing the operation system on the PC that runs the face recognition module requires a new activation key file for the Cognitec recognition module.

Changing the hardware configuration or the name of the PC that runs the recognition module does not affect the Cognitec activation key.

Activation of the Tevian recognition module

The activation of the Tevian capture and recognition module is performed using the intellect.sec key file. Additional key files are not required.

The module is activated by the standard activation procedure that includes creating a Tevian recognition module object on the basis of the Face recognition server. A child object that shows the number of faces in the database should be created on the basis of the created object: 

Standard memory consumption for the Tevian recognition module is up to 500 Mb per channel.

For small databases (up to 1000 faces), the module can handle events at a speed of no more than 1500 events per second.

For larger databases, the number of compared faces is from 390 to 550 per second for one processor core.


There are lots of parameters settings in Tevian module - they are set in Windows registry (see Registry keys reference guide and Working with Windows OS registry).


For proper operation of Face Intellect after changing this parameter biometric vectors are to be converted as described in Transition between face recognition modules section.


SDK Tevian 2.5.2 is installed starting from version 7.1.0.1051 of Face Intellect.


The current version of Tevian module can be seen in the Version/Vector size (bytes) field in the Statistics tab of the Face recognition and search interface module (see Displaying the statistics).

Activation of the VisionLabs face recognition module

The VisionLabs recognition module is activated in two stages:

  1. Standard activation by means of creating a Cognitec recognition module object on the basis of the Face recognition server object. After the installation, activate the license key acquired from VisionLabs in the recognition module web interface (http://127.0.0.1:1947).
  2. Activation using the VisionLabs program key. All the questions regarding this stage of module activation should be addressed to VisionLabs. The description of the activation procedure is available at http://sentinelldk.safenet-inc.com/LDKdocs/WebHelp/Default_Left.htm#CSHID=ProdMgmt.htm
    The activation portal is located at http://license.visionlabs.ru:8080/ems/customerLogin.html

Activation of the HUAWEI face recognition module

The activation of the HUAWEI recognition module is performed using the intellect.sec key file. Additional key files are not required.

The module is activated by the standard activation procedure that includes creating a HUAWEI recognition module object on the basis of the Face recognition server

Recognition using the HUAWEI module means storing the face database and face recognition on the HUAWEI servers (see Configuring the HUAWEI face recognition module).