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The Chinese financial giant Alipay is introducing a new pet insurance program that uses facial recognition to identify individual cats and dogs. To create a profile, a user will be asked to take several close-up photos of their pet and their pet’s nose, which will allow the AI platform to create a biometric template for […]
AnyVision has hired Dieter Joecker to be its new Chief Technology Officer. Joecker joins the company after a lengthy stint at Bosch Security Systems, where he held the title of Chief Technology Officer of video security for the past ten years. In his new position, Joecker will be expected to advance AnyVision’s market position as […]
The Shuttle Computer Group has unveiled a programmable shelf sign that was designed to optimize retail operations. The D230 boasts a rugged 23.1-inch display and an integrated camera that supports gender and age recognition. The camera will allow the D230 to estimate the age and gender of anyone who stops in front of the display. […]
Thales is encouraging railways to embrace digital solutions to address the challenges they are facing as the result of COVID-19. The company notes that rail traffic has gone down dramatically during the pandemic, and that many trains may not be able to operate at full capacity even after the economy starts to recover. Digital solutions […]
VSBLTY is hoping to improve the customer experience at large events. To that end, the company used cameras and video displays to carry out audience research during the Rose Bowl Game between Oregon and Wisconsin, which was played on January 1 in Pasadena, California. The research was conducted in collaboration with IMG. The two companies […]
Fujitsu has developed a new gesture recognition solution that can be deployed to make sure food service employees are observing proper protocol when washing their hands. The solution is based on the company’s Actlyzer technology, which was trained with a data set of 2,000 hand washing videos featuring different people, camera positions, and types of […]
A new report from Grand View Research predicts that the overall image recognition market will jump to $109.4 billion between 2020 and 2027. That figure represents a CAGR of 18.8 percent for the entire forecast period. The vast image recognition market includes everything from surveillance and medical imaging to the driver assist systems in smart […]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is calling attention to potential ethical violations related to the NIST’s Tattoo Recognition Challenge. The NIST issued the Tatt-C challenge in 2014 in an effort to spur the development of automatic tattoo recognition tools, giving interested parties access to an “open tattoo database” that contained more than 15,000 images. […]
SiLC Technologies Inc, a developer of integrated single-chip frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) LiDAR solutions, has announced it has raised $12 million in seed funding led by Dell Technologies Capital. The money is expected to be used by SiLC to fund its research and development (R&D) department to help with the production of its FMCW […]
Google has decided to remove gendered terminology from its Cloud Vision API in an effort to avoid bias on the AI platform. The Cloud Vision API is an object recognition service that automatically identifies and labels items in photos. The API can identify anything from animals to brand logos, making it much easier to search […]
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