We Know This Face – Face Recognition is Here

We Know This Face – Face Recognition is Here

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15812649_sFace recognition technology has been fully developed and may be implemented in the framework of homeland security. Israeli “organizations” show interest. The most comprehensive effort in this field has been made by the FBI in USA.

The system is dubbed “The Next Generation Identification program” and will include a nationwide database of criminal faces and other biometric characteristics. As part of an update to the national fingerprint database, the FBI has begun rolling out facial recognition in order to positively identify criminals.

The system according to the FBI’s overall plan includes biometrics such as iris scans, DNA analysis and voice identification. It is expected that full implementation of the system will begin next year.

In addition to scanning mug shots for a match, the FBI has indicated that it wants the system to be able to track a suspect by picking out his face in a crowd.

The FBI hasn’t revealed details of the algorithms it is using, but its technology could be very accurate when applied to photographs taken in controlled situations such as passport photos or police shots.

Tests in 2010 confirmed that the best algorithms can pick someone’s face out of a pool of 1.6 million mug shots 92 per cent of the time. The completed system will also make it possible to match a mug shot to a photo of a person who isn’t looking at the camera as well.