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Darren Pauli at El Reg reports
Chinese researchers have developed a facial recognition system that can pick faces from a crowd with 99.8 percent accuracy from 91 angles. The platform can distinguish between identical twins, unravel layers of makeup and still identify an individual if they've packed on or shed kilos.
Researcher Zhou Xi of the Chinese Academy of Science told local reporters [Google translation] the system would be built into a [mobile] app next year.
"The facial recognition system is not only accurate but also quick to recognise," Xi said.
The platform which is limited use (sic) in China topped Carnegie Mellon University's global standards beating the previous accuracy record of 97.6 percent.
It was trained against a database sporting 50 million Chinese faces compiled with help from the University of Illinois and the National University of Singapore.
The biometrics system comes as Australia's Immigration Minister Scott Morrison announced facial recognition Smart Gates would be installed at departure areas within the nation's airports.
The systems already in place at arrival points work by matching Aussie or Kiwi passports against a stored photo and dramatically cut down on Customs wait times, much to this correspondent's delight.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Tanuki64 on Tuesday September 16 2014, @09:12AM
Insensible clot. My wife has no facial hair. She shaves twice a day.
(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Tuesday September 16 2014, @09:28AM
Sorry! How could I have known? (And I thought that was you!)
(Score: 3, Funny) by Tanuki64 on Tuesday September 16 2014, @12:47PM
Awww... come on. Whoever modded this 'informative' should step forward... so he can be modded 'funny'. :-D
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 16 2014, @02:17PM
Hang on, you mean...?!?... ohh, teaches me right, next time I'll ask for "photos or it didn't happen" before awarding informative points 😋