Analysis Service
Digital Analysis Division
The Digital Analysis Division performs restoration, reintegration,
and analysis of various digital evidence including mobile phones,
hard disks, and memory cards as well as restoration of all kinds of
videos and audios including CCTV, photos, and videos, confirmation of
forgery of readings, and identification of face, height, and voice.
In addition, it identifies handwriting and stamp images, finds forged
documents and counterfeit bills, and appraises the authenticity of
cultural assets and artworks.
Analysis on Digital Evidence
Examinations and research on information restoration, reintegration, and analysis for various digital evidence including mobile phones, hard disks, memory cards, etc.
Video/Audio data identification & quality improvement
Examinations and research on restoration of various video/audio materials including CCTV, pictures, videos, and recording files, image/sound quality improvement, reading, etc.
Identification of Biological Information
Examinations and research on analysis for biological information including 2D/3D measurement, coidentity / forgery, human face, height, and voice and 3D modeling
Handwriting, Stamp Image & Document
Examinations and research on coidentity/forgery of handwriting, stamp image, etc., forgery of documents and marketable securities / money, and appraisal of the authenticity of cultural assets and artworks
Introduction of Laboratory
The Digital Analysis Division consists of a Video Analysis Lab, Digital Forensics Lab, Biometrics Analysis Lab, Document Research Lab, Intelligent Forgery Research Lab, Digital Authentication Lab, and Audio/Media Lab.
The Video Lab conducts analysis and research on video materials requested for criminal investigations. It is responsible for the reading of recorded materials (letters, numbers, symbols, forms, vehicle models, colors, situations, etc.), temporal and spatial interpretation of objects (position, size, direction, speed, etc.), forgery and modulation of video materials, and special photo analysis such as aerial photographs.
- Giving Vividness to Videos
Giving vividness to videos with degraded image quality due to deterioration by heat, noise, motion, and low light intensity by using various image enhancement algorithms
- Video Reading
Identification of license plates, letters, phone numbers, etc. by reading letters, numbers, symbols, etc., identification of car models with features such as the appearance and shape, identification of original colors in distorted images, reading of traffic signals, determination of the presence of impact or movement with before-and-after comparison, and examination of the position, direction, and speed of an object in video
- Forgery/Modulation of Videos
Identification on whether or not the proof photograph was edited or manipulated, whether or not the presented video is an original or a copy, or whether or not the video was edited, etc.
- Research on Forensic Video Field
Development of various image enhancement algorithms, image evaluation techniques, and image analysis programs and training for investigative agencies
How to Restore CCTV Images with the NFS Forensic Video Analysis Program
- Accident: The black box video captured the scene where a car hit a parked taxi and ran (last August in Dalseo-gu, Daegu)
1. Capture the clear part of the license plate
with the black box image
2. Select the license plate type (small, white,
long) after setting the license plate border area
3. Apply a sharpening effect and repeat several
times. If you play overlapped pictures at the
same speed as video, the number becomes
clearer due to the afterimage effect.
※ The middle two letters of the license plate
have been erased to protect the identify of
the car owner
The Digital Forensics Lab is a place to conduct examination and research on the recovery, analysis and forgery of digital evidence (electronics such as computers, mobile phones, DVRs, black boxes, memories, etc.) information. It is responsible for disk analysis, mobile analysis, hardware analysis, source code and log analysis.
Disk Analysis
- Data analysis and examination on forgery for the data saved in digital storage media (vehicle black boxes, DVR systems, computers, etc.)
Mobile Analysis
- Recovery of deleted videos, call records, texts, etc. and examination on forgery for the data saved in mobile devices (feature phones, smartphones, PDAs, navigations, etc.)
New Device & Hardware Analysis
- New device analysis and building a DB, hardware device analysis, etc.
Source Code and Log Analysis
- Analysis on various source codes (malicious code, copyright infringement, gambling, executable file tampering, hardware operation analysis, etc.)
The Biometrics Lab is a place to conduct analysis and research on criminal investigation videos (CCTV digital video, vehicle black box video, photo, film, etc.). It is responsible for biometric measurement and analysis of characters in video materials (whether they are the same person) and 3D measurement and analysis for crime-site evidence.
Biometric measurement and analysis of characters in video materials (whether they are the same person)
- The laboratory improves the image of a person photographed on CCTV, measures the person's biometric information such as 3D face measurement, height and appearance measurement, etc. and evaluates whether they are the same person.
Comparison
between the character in CCTV and a suspect
Height
and appearance measurement
3D Measurement and Analysis on Crime-site Evidence
- The laboratory improves the image of objects photographed on CCTV, measures and analyzes the characteristics of objects such as 3D measurement, and identifies the change in the object state, a tool that caused scars, etc.
Analysis
on the change of the crime-site evidence state
Comparison
between the crime-site evidence and scars on the skin
The Document Research Lab is responsible for analysis on documents including handwriting, stamp image, forgery of various documents, forgery of securities, a mark on trump card, and reading of unidentified characters. In order to carry out these tasks, the laboratory conducts examinations and research not only with analysis methods using various light sources such as infrared rays and ultraviolet rays, but also with other physical and chemical analysis methods.
Handwriting & Stamp Image Identification
- For handwriting identification, the laboratory analyzes unique characteristics of individual’s handwriting by examining various characteristics of handwriting in the material to be analyzed and the material to be compared. For stamp image identification, it analyzes specifications and characteristics of the stamp image to be analyzed and the stamp image to be compared.
Document Forgery Identification
- Document forgery is examined and analyzed by various methods for printed documents and written documents.
The Intelligent Forgery Research Lab performs analysis and research on forgery of various documents, forgery of securities/money, and authenticity of artworks, cultural assets, etc. For this purpose, the laboratory mainly uses nondestructive analysis methods using various light sources.
Identification of Document Forgery
- The forgery of printed and written documents is examined and analyzed by various methods.
Identification of Counterfeit bill
- Anti-counterfeiting elements inserted in standards such as banknotes and securities and printing methods are compared and analyzed to identify a forgery.
Analysis on Identification Mark of Color printouts
- The information about the printer and printing time is identified by analyzing the identification mark inserted in the color laser outputs.
Identification of a mark on the back of trump card or hwatu
- To examine if there is any mark on the back of a trump card or hwatu, which allows to identify the content, analysis is done by using various light sources such as infrared light, UV light, etc. and image treatment.
The Audio/Media Lab conducts examinations and research on analysis of various kinds of acoustic information such as determination on whether a voice recognized in various recording media is the same person’s, whether the acoustic information was edited, improvement of sound quality, restoration of modulated voice, engine sound analysis, etc.
- Whether a voice is the same person’s
- Analysis on whether a voice is the same person’s by comparing the voiceprints for the voice information confirmed in various recording media.
- Analysis on speaker identification through machine learning in large volume voice data
- Improvement of sound quality
Analysis to remove the information other than the information of interest from the recorded sound information, or to improve the listening to the information of interest
- Whether the acoustic information was edited
Analysis to infer the process of recording the acoustic information on the recording medium through the frequency analysis and the waveform analysis for the information existing in the record
- Other acoustic information analysis
Analysis for the features of sound source of recorded sound information and restoration of modulated voice
An
example of voiceprints confirmed in voice
An
example of features of records shown by the recorders of the
material to be analyzed and the material to be compared
An
example of acoustic information analysis recorded in a black box of
a vehicle involved in a chain collision
Lab Photo
Laboratory Equipment
3D facial scanner
3D micro scanner
3D wide-range
scanner
Infinite focus 3D
microscope
Atomic force
microscope
Laboratory Equipment
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- Acquisition of 3D facial images.
- Identification on whether or not the faces are of the same person (Comparison between the face of a criminal taken by CCTV, etc. and 3D face of a suspect).
Laboratory Equipment
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- Acquisition of high-precision 3D images for objects.
- 3D measurement of objects and identification on whether or not the objects are the same
Laboratory Equipment
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- Acquisition of 3D images of incident/accident scene.
- 3D measurement of a subject such as a person's height measurement.
Laboratory Equipment
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- Acquisition of document-related 3D information
- Stereoscopic analysis related to handwriting/stamp image/document forgery
Laboratory Equipment
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- Acquisition of ultra-precise surface information of an object to be analyzed
- Precise analysis on handwriting/document forgery/stamp image
Major Analysis Cases
- 1
2008.09
Death of Inspector, Park Gyeong-jo during Chinese fishing boat crackdown - 2
2011.03
The Deceased, Jang Ja-yeon Handwriting Analysis - 3
2012.04
Gangnam Iron Balls Indiscriminate Shooting - 4
2013.06
10 billon KRW Forged Check Payment Case
Major Analysis Cases
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불임치료목적으로 복용한 반묘(cantharides)에
의한 사망사건
강원도 원주시 한의원에서 불임치료목적으로 지은 한약, 한약가루약(일명 반묘가루) 및 한약추출액을 혼합하여 마신 직후 환자가 사망하였으며, 감정결과 위 내용물 및 혈액에서 칸타리 딘(cantharidin)이 검출됨. 칸타리딘은 반묘의 주성분으로 치사량이 10mg이고 과량복용시 복통, 이질, 토혈, 혈뇨, 혈압 저하 등에 이어 사망한다고 알려져 있음