Face Recognition Software for Entertainment- Not Just for Security

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Author: Melissa Peterman

Article source: http://www.articledeshboard.com/. Used with author's permission.

Face recognition software developed to capture distinct and unique focal points on a person’s face work’s in conjunction with face recognition capturing cameras. This technology works to provide tight security so that an employee cannot enter a specific area without his or her picture matching up with their picture already stored within a database of files. But some people have taken this exciting technology and used the face recognition software for other entities.
 
Just by using a small computer camera, a person can capture their face, adjust the focal points on their computer and enter their face shot into a database, where face recognition software will match their face up with thousands of celebrity images so ogling wannabees can match their face up with their favorite celebs and see whom they most resemble.
 
People are also able to scan images of themselves, their grandparents, aunts and uncles and all family members and see how they match up in resemblance to the rest of the family. Ever wonder where you got your nose? How about those high cheek bones?
 
More recently, in Japan, the Omron Corporation announced a face recognition software called: “Smile Measurement Software” that rates a person’s smile on a scale of 0 -100 percent. The software uses 3D face mapping technology that detects and analyzes facial features to measure the smile accurately. With this software, they hope to capture a perfect smile every time.
 
Face Recognition technology has been in use for quite some time. It involves determining key points or nodal points, such as tip of the nose, distance between eyes, depth of eye sockets, and length of jaw line from a photograph and comparing them with a database for a match. Sources say, there are about 80 nodal points and about 20 are used for computer recognition.
 
The US-VISIT program of the United States government records of the fingerprints and photos when a visa is given to foreigners and compares those with the actual ones taken at the time of entry into U.S. to determine that it is the same person. Face recognition software technology exists to even identify faces in a crowd and from other surrounding objects. Face recognition technology is currently being used now for authentication and authorization for using computers, ATMs and entering private areas of buildings.
 
As technology advances, we may be using face recognition technology to start our cars, enter into our own homes or enter a school building. With biometric technologies- your body is the only key.

About the author: Melissa Peterman is a web content specialist for Innuity. For more information about face recognition software go to Fulcrum Biometric