What is the Future of Face Recognition and How it Works?
Face recognition is no more a thing of high-tech Hollywood movies where an FBI agent stands firm before a wall-implanted camera to let his face scanned by a blue light and waits for the automatic metal gates to be opened. This technology doesn’t leave people awestruck now. They have it in their smartphones.
A number of augmented reality app development companies are using image analysis software nowadays. So far, facial recognition is termed as one of the safest technologies ever. Take your phone’s ‘face unlock mech’ for the instance. It’s rather easier to decode a phone’s password than that of a face screen lock.
Who knows if, in no time, banks and other companies allow users to withdraw cash and use their other password-protected services simply by scanning your face? Or it could also work as an additional security feature. One of its suggested commercial uses is showing people in a mall or a cinema hall by identifying their choice by recognizing their old buying patterns.
Steps of How Facial Recognition Works
1. Face Detection
Upon turning on the camera, the software focuses on the image or video (in most cases) that includes the face.
2. Pre-processing
The software converts the images into monolith format. That means multiple images should have similar resolution, brightness, and the level of zoom.
3. Feature Extraction
Once the data (image and video) is collected, the software strives to pull out any valuable data it can to match with the previously stored data.
4. Face Recognition
This process is also called object classification. In this stage, the collected data gets matched with the existing data. If it is an exact (the percentage varies according to the type of the system) match, the system gets unlocked for a user to operate.
A few shopping malls have begun to hire VR development companies to incorporate a full-body scan feature for their customers so that they can figure out how a certain ornament, spectacles, or outfit will appear on them. And as expected, today’s customers are embracing technologies advancements more warmly.
