You don’t often hear of examples where Appian solutions are integrated with hardware to create a business application. I was previously a Linux device driver developer and often worked with hardware developments. Since working as a Business Process Management (BPM) developer and exploring Appian myself, I’ve long had the idea of using Appian not only as a BPM platform but also something that we can integrate with hardware, to provide additional applications and business opportunities to our clients.

In this Proof of Concept, I integrated Appian with webcam technology and a facial recognition solution to show how easy it is to do something like face recognition login with Appian.

What can this app do?
• Photo capture from a webcam or any integrated camera.
• Image analysis and processing.
• Photo display in Appian without uploading to Appian.
• Face recognition, comparison and analysis.
• Face recognition login.

Business processes:
User can register (new user) or login using face recognition (no password is required).
• Register
– User fills in required information (eg. name, email etc).
– User clicks register.
– A photo of the user will be taken from the camera and stored for further login purposes.
– System will analyse based on the photo taken if the user is an existing user.
– If existing user, message shows the user is an existing user.
– If new user, all information will be saved and the registration is completed.

• Login
– User clicks on login.
– No password or username required.
– A photo of the user will be taken from the camera.
– System will analyse the photo based on the pre-registered photos and tell if the user is an existing user.
– If existing user, proceed to the profile page.
– If user not found, message shows the user is not an existing user.

The same solution can also be applied to other BPM or RPA technologies.