NEC knows your face
July 26th, 2007
NEC has successfully developed the first automated border control system in the world, thanks to facial recognition technology that is sensitive enough to identify folks within their vehicles. This system is currently being used at the Hong Kong - Shenzen border, aiming to boost the speed and efficiency of the Hong Kong Immigration Department. This system reads a vehicle’s license plate first, scanning the driver’s face while matching that image to that found in the driver’s license inside its database. A match results in a modern version of “Open, sesame!”. Since it only pulls a match from the owner of the current car, what happens when you have someone else driving you, or should you lend your car to a friend for the day?
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