Although the accuracy of facial recognition systems as a biometric technology is lower than iris recognition, fingerprint image acquisition, palm recognition or voice recognition, it is widely adopted due to its contactless process. Because computerized facial recognition involves the measurement of a human's physiological characteristics, facial recognition systems are categorized as biometrics. Since their inception, facial recognition systems have seen wider uses in recent times on smartphones and in other forms of technology, such as robotics. ĭevelopment began on similar systems in the 1960s, beginning as a form of computer application. Such a system is typically employed to authenticate users through ID verification services, and works by pinpointing and measuring facial features from a given image. ( June 2022)Īutomatic ticket gate with face recognition system in Osaka Metro Morinomiya StationĪ facial recognition system is a technology potentially capable of matching a human face from a digital image or a video frame against a database of faces. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
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