A technology that can be used in the recognition of victims of a natural disaster, the fraud control in purchasing and in locating lost children in a mall. This is the OpenBR, an algorithmic library able to identify people by scanning their faces, and which was presented at the International Free Software Forum, on 9 July in Porto Alegre.
Developed by Alessandro ” hair “Faria (partner Neti Technology), the technology is able to make the call facial biometrics, which” sees “the person’s face and can draw conclusions from reading. Faria taught to operationalize the algorithm during his lecture at FISL . If before it was just part of fictions like The Terminator, get ready:. From now on will make your everyday
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Unlike OpenBR to other facial biometric technologies is that it is free and open, meaning any programmer can use the code and even modify it. A free biometric technology, combined with a new generation of smartphones, tablets and notebooks with 3D cameras – such as the Dell Venue 8 7000, arriving soon to Brazil – should cause a revolution in certification technologies, login passwords to the use of cards.
Applications
The OpenBR was originally developed to protect people from fraudsters. “Gangs are so sophisticated that they are able to steal an identity and rework it perfectly, just changing your picture,” says Faria.
To combat this type of crime, he used the OpenBR to develop Certiface, software that creates a database with the faces of all customers who use the stores. Thus, a client who has already made a card in a store or supermarket can not make new entries, even if several false identity documents.
Another interesting point is that all users stores the Certiface share the same database and collaboratively with new feed customer records. If someone is caught as a fraudster, is the record for todas.O Certiface is already used by the Paquetá footwear stores and is in the process of adoption in other companies.
Faria lists other uses for biometrics facial. He points out, for example, the technology was used during earthquakes in Japan in 2011 to recognize the victims body. Another use is to replace passwords for login by a user of the face recognition system. Thus, we only need to stand in front of the webcam or camera of your device to login. If you live forgetting their e-mail passwords, Facebook and other social networks, can breathe relieved, the solution is on the way.
Privacy
The potential of OpenBR is gigantic. Faria says that the algorithm can recognize faces in crowds. In tests on 100 people in the same frame, the OpenBR 99 recognized faces. Coupled with a 3D camera, the program does not confuse photos with real faces and is able to identify disguised people (with hat, glasses or different hair).
Now, imagine if this technology were used the development of an application that recognize anyone through your photo from Facebook (which is not that hard to develop). Just a phone with the application and 3D camera to know the name of almost any person you cross the street, their age, relationship status, which enjoys the name of his mother and brothers …
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It would, however, did not care much for the criticism as a violation of privacy: he thinks this It is already an outdated argument. “The criticisms were quite common from 2003 to 2007, but with Facebook, smartphones and selfies people have become accustomed to display their image,” he says. He adds: “The technology can be used for good or for evil. I believe that facial biometrics can do more things for good “
You can see facial biometrics in action below.
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