NEC unveils AI face recognition

NEC Corporation has launched a new software program that uses artificial intelligence (AI) in video footage search to quickly identify a person by facial recognition. NeoFace Image Data Mining (Idm) is a new product offering from NEC that can use video footage, for example, data gathered by CCTV cameras, and scan it to accurately identify an individual whose image is captured on camera. It can also be used to search for people who appear at a certain time and place, or who appear with other specified individuals. A complete search for a specific person among one million captured images can be concluded in under 10 seconds. Idm combines existing facial recognition technology with profiling parameters – what NEC refers to as'Profiling Across Spatio-Temporal Data' technology.