Japan: Face recognition system

Monday, July 23rd, 2007 @ 09:36 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:
Japan, Hong Kong (China)
Topics:
Governance, Technology

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Edo from Pink tentacle reports: on July 19, electronics giant NEC announced it has developed the world’s first automated border control system that uses facial recognition technology capable of identifying people inside their automobiles. The system is already in operation at checkpoints on the Hong Kong - Shenzhen border.

1 comment

  • justine kuei

    hi, i am Justine from Singapore. I read a news about new technology in J apan. It’s a monitor which can dectect human face and identify age and gender. Do you have any idea which company invested it? thanks

    # 2007-08-6 at 10:09 am
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