Given the sensitivity, Google decided not to release a face-recognition search engine it had made.
Since then, face-recognition technology has improved, and has been augmented to recognize irises, which are unique to individuals.
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These were fed into the face-recognition software along with 250, 000 photos gleaned from publicly available profiles on Facebook.
Nearly two dozen pieces of enchanted art throughout the boat use face-recognition software to prevent delivering the same animation twice in a row.
But I am looking for a more intuitive device that will use face-recognition technology to track my ever move with the camera.
Dr Atick, a proponent of face-recognition systems, has also welcomed the first prototype mobile phones and personal organisers with tiny built-in cameras.
That might not seem a big percentage, but the hit rate will get better as face-recognition software improves and more snaps are uploaded.
Japan's NEC, for instance, sells face-recognition technology to allow advertisers to tailor what ad is showing on a digitised screen depending on the viewer's sex and age.
One is face-recognition software itself, which has improved a lot.
Apart from its use in airports, there are other valid uses of face-recognition technology that you do not address, such as the sifting of application data for passports or visas.
They fed the pictures into an off-the-shelf face-recognition programme that compared them with 280, 000 images they had found by using a search engine to identify Facebook profiles from the same city.
If and when face-recognition technology improves to the point where surreptitious cameras can routinely recognise individuals, privacy, as it has existed in the public sphere, will in effect be wiped out.
Additional competitions to generate ideas for barcode scanning and face-object recognition, and to develop wireframes, a screen design, a system architecture, and more for the ISS FIT app will wrap up by late May.
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Today, Thompson knows his actor identity is the main source of the name-and-face recognition that makes him viable in national politics.
Face- and image-recognition software allow for easier tagging.
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Additionally, it sports that oh-so-handy intelligent face recognition feature that's (thankfully) becoming quite a common feature among new cams.
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With face recognition, anti-shake and a panoramic camera, the ZTE Grand S truly presents a high-quality multimedia option for today's smartphone audience.
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Mr. Marquez's Code Advisors, based in San Francisco, advised Buddy Media on its sale to Salesforce and facial-recognition company Face.com on its recent sale to Facebook Inc.
It states that while our obligation to protect the British people and the British national interest is fixed and unwavering, the nature of the threats and the risks we face have - in recent decades - changed beyond recognition and confound all the old assumptions about national defence and international security.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A system using fingerprint scanning and face recognition systems, designed to speed up passenger transit times and increase security, is beginning a trial at Heathrow airport's Terminal 3.
The real hotness is going on in the former: the T30 packs a 3-inch touchscreen LCD, 3x zoom and 7.1 megapixel CCD, along with face recognition for beefing up auto focus and auto exposure, high ISO digital shake reduction and some stylus-based frivolities.
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For beginners with Digital Single Lens Mirrorless cameras, iA (Intelligent Auto) mode supports capturing images with a variety of shooting-assist functions including AF Tracking, Intelligent D-range Control, Intelligent Scene Selector, Face Recognition and Intelligent ISO Control.
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Samsung Smart TV Camera supports full HD resolution and enables Smart Interaction features such as Gesture Control and Face Recognition when it is attached to Smart TVs without built-in cameras.
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When you walk through the airport and they take pictures of everybody in the security line to match every face through facial recognition, they have to do that almost in real-time.
Meanwhile, Scotland Yard says it is putting facial recognition technology into use, according to the AP, using a face-recognizing tool that was being developed in preparation for hosting the Olympics in 2012.
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The document goes on to describe an alternative method using face or eye recognition technology that can be used not just for security purposes, but for possible e-commerce solutions like completing an online transaction.
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