Testing Facial Recognition in Japan
From The Japan Times Online:
A column in the Japan Times notes that there will be testing of facial recognition software at the Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo. An interesting twist is that they will close down part of the station, so that the public won’t be photographed. Here is a snip:
For an hour or two each day over the course of two to three weeks, one of the station’s ticket gates will be closed to the general public. A newly-developed biometric camera, capable not only of photographing faces, but of analyzing facial data and in essence converting each person’s face into a unique bar code, will be at work, snapping shots of participants in the experiment as they pass back and forth through the gate. Its point is to assess how well the camera works.
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