On the face of it…

24/08/10

The human brain and visual organs can be considered the best existing face recognition machine. Indeed, a specific area of the human brain called the fusiform face area (FFA) has been proven to be totally dedicated to this task. On the face of it, therefore, biometric facial recognition technology would appear to be the most natural of techniques.

But are expectations set too high, partly because the human brain - trained from birth - is such a strong competitor in this area?

In an effort to answer the increasing number of questions being put forward surrounding facial recognition technology, Morpho has developed a paper that takes stock of facial recognition, looks at the state-of-the-art of the technology and assesses its technical and commercial potential.

The paper reveals that rapid advances are being made in facial recognition technology, and it thus has every trait expected of a major biometric technique, up to the point where it is on the verge of taking on its greatest challenge: to beat the human brain.

Click here to read this white paper

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