News tagged with recognition algorithm

Robotics: Gesturing for control

New intelligent algorithms could help robots to quickly recognize and respond to human gestures. Researchers at A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research in Singapore have created a computer program which recognises ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Iris recognition report evaluates 'needle in haystack' search capability

Identifying people by acquiring pictures of their eyes is becoming easier, according to a new report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST researchers evaluated the performance ...

Technology / Other

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pirates, beware: Navy's smart robocopters will spy you in the crowd

Navy unmanned aircraft will be able to distinguish small pirate boats from other vessels when an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-funded sensor starts airborne tests this summer, officials said April 5.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Android phones to pit vampires against slayers

Facial recognition startup Viewdle on Wednesday began letting Android smartphone users see which of the people around them are vampires and which are vampire slayers.

Technology / Software

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Facial recognition techniques studied by BBS team

Rapid improvements in facial-recognition software mean airport security workers might one day know with near certainty whether they're looking at a stressed-out tourist or staring a terrorist in the eye. ...

Technology / Software

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google Collaborates with D-Wave on Possible Quantum Image Search

(PhysOrg.com) -- Always on the cutting edge of new computing technologies, Google has recently announced that it is investigating the use of quantum computing schemes to achieve faster image recognition rates. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (23) | comments 4 weblog

NIST test proves 'the eyes have it' for ID verification

The eyes may be the mirror to the soul, but the iris reveals a person's true identity—its intricate structure constitutes a powerful biometric. A new report by computer scientists at the National Institute ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Seeing things: Researchers teach computers to recognize objects

(PhysOrg.com) -- If computers could recognize objects, they could automatically search through hours of video footage for a particular two-minute scene. A tourist strolling down a street in a strange city ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

BioVault locks up biometrics: Using biometrics for encryption, digital signatures

A system that allows biometric data to be used to create a secret key for data encryption has been developed by researchers in South Africa. They describe details of the new technology in the International Journal of Electronic Se ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0