Face recognition technology innovation

The research report shows that the demand for biometric products in the global market reached US$7.1 billion in 2010. In the next five years, the comprehensive annual growth rate of biometric devices will reach 21.3%, and the face recognition market will grow at an annual rate of 24%. From a geographical point of view, due to the high recognition and adoption of biometric devices by users, Europe has become the main market for biometric devices.

With the continuous development of technology, the face recognition market has received the attention of domestic and foreign technology companies, and has increased research and development efforts. Domestic scientific research institutions are also focusing their efforts on solving new face recognition problems. Nowadays, the application of face recognition is becoming more and more extensive, and it has been specifically applied to all aspects of life, allowing people to enjoy safety and convenience. Let's take a look at some of these leading applications.

Face recognition subverts traditional financial payment model

Recently, Finnish startup Uniqul has launched a payment platform based on face recognition. The system only requires the user to face the POS machine to swipe once, and the entire payment process is basically completed within 5 seconds. This kind of human-organ-based payment model is "bio-payment". With its uniqueness and irreplaceability, it is gradually replacing traditional financial service tools such as passbooks and bank cards, becoming the main medium for payment and settlement in the future.

In addition, not long ago, international payment giant PayPal announced that it had launched a payment system based on “face recognition” in 12 shopping malls in the Richmond district on the Thames River in the UK. This attempt really changed the consumption of “swipe cards” that had been popular for nearly 10 years to “sweeping” consumption.

Face recognition application of high-end access control market

The development of biometrics technology also brings a new "face" to security access control systems. As a rising star, face recognition technology has been rapidly promoted in the access control system and gradually occupied the high-end access control market. Face recognition technology has many advantages. Compared with a fingerprint attendance machine, it can realize door opening and record attendance in a non-contact manner. It is convenient, hygienic, and does not appear to be a problem of forgetting to bring a card to enter the door.

Not long ago, a Korean company invented a face recognition machine. People could read their own facial information through a probe mounted on the door and they could open the door. If a stranger visits, the system will prompt the visiting person to open the door with a button or other means. The application is very convenient.

3D face recognition identifiable twins

Face recognition is considered to be one of the most difficult research topics in the field of biometrics and even artificial intelligence. Because the difference between different individuals is not great, the structure of all human faces is similar, and even the structure of human face organs are very similar. Such a feature is advantageous for the positioning of human faces, but it is disadvantageous for distinguishing human individuals using human faces. In addition, the human face itself is a 3D structure. Images captured by 2D imaging are often affected by changes in the external environment. For example, when the viewing angle is different, the obtained facial images will have certain differences. Therefore, the current face recognition technology is used by users. In the case of cooperation, there will be satisfactory results.

However, the emergence of 3D face recognition has solved these problems well. Three-dimensional face recognition can cope with all kinds of light interference and can even recognize face information even in poor visibility at night. For a more intuitive understanding, 3D face recognition can be recognized during the movement of the target. In addition, the three-dimensional recognition is not limited to the front of the human face. It is applicable to all angles, and facial hair shielding and attitude change can also be used to achieve high accuracy recognition.

3D recognition can truly achieve one-on-one access control. It is no exaggeration to say that this recognition technology can easily identify twins or multiple births. Many related companies are focusing on developing 3D face recognition applications and supporting solutions. In the major examinations and access control security systems, 3D recognition will play an unimaginable advantage, effectively eliminating the phenomenon of substitute exams and substitute exams; it will not deliberately block the interior of mixed office buildings.

"4G Technology + Face Recognition" Helps Community Management

Yesterday, cameras accessing the 4G network constantly monitored every corner of Wuxi’s beautiful lake district. Recently, the 4G technology-based intelligent social management integrated service platform was put into use in the Meihu Community. The system has 4 items of 4G mobile video real-time transmission, intelligent processing of vehicle non-stop, intelligent processing of road occupation management, intelligent processing of high altitude parabolic, etc. The probes monitor each corner in real time and are supplemented by intelligent processing for face recognition, which solves the difficulties in obtaining evidence in the course of public security management.

Conclusion

The wide application of face recognition has spawned a huge market. Although in this area, foreign countries started earlier than domestic ones, but in the past year or two, China’s major projects in many countries such as the “Eleventh Five-Year” national scientific and technological support, “Twelfth Five-Year” national scientific and technological support, and national scientific research foundation have A number of core technologies and products have played an important role in the detection of public security cases. China's face recognition technology and its applications both have reached a stage where the level of face recognition applications is comparable to that of the international community. At present, China is concentrating on new challenges in face recognition and developing a new generation of face recognition products.