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News Release from: Omron Corp | Subject: Okao Vision Face Recognition Sensor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 1 March 2005
Security sensor fits a
phone to its face
The Okao Vision Face Recognition Sensor is billed as a world first in face recognition technology which can be implemented in PDAs, mobile phones or other mobile devices with a camera function
The ability to recognise and verify the authenticity of the user through face recognition is designed to contribute to greater security and safety for mobile devices, and the information they contain, in the future. The technology will be on show at the 'Security Show Japan 2005', which will be held at the Tokyo Big Site from 2nd to 4th March 2005.
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'Functionality in mobile phones and other mobile devices is upgrading significantly from simple phone calls and e-mails to include a variety of access, payment and planning services'.
'As a result, mobile devices are carrying ever more personal information including address books, schedules and payment information', said Takayuki Nakamura, Manager of the Omron Corporate Brand Communications Department in Tokyo.
'The Okao Vision Face Recognition Sensor, featuring Omron's core 'sensing and control' technology, has been designed to protect this information even when the mobile phone is lost or stolen'.
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Camera equipped mobile units enabled with the Okao Vision Face Recognition Sensor require no additional hardware.
Users register their own face image to their unit with the unit's camera.
To use the unit, the user simply takes his or her own photo.
The Okao Vision Face Recognition Sensor will automatically detect the user and unlock the unit.
The identification process takes less than a second from snapping the photograph.
Further, their is no need to adjust the camera position when taking the photo.
If the face is included in the photo, the sensor will detect the owner automatically.
The new sensor is made possible with Omron's Okao Vision, a core company sensor technology, which allows the technology to transcend previous limits in memory capacity and processing ability by successfully downsizing and speeding up the algorithm.
The sensor better than 99% accurate, and is fully Symbian, Brew, Embedded Linux and Itron OS compatible.
Data registration measures 1.5Kbyte per photo, and memory usage is just 450Kbyte or 370Kbyte RAM. Request a free brochure from Omron Corp....
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