By Brian Dipert Editor-in-Chief, Embedded Vision Alliance This blog post was originally published at EE Times' SoC Design Line. It is reprinted here with the permission of EE Times. This week, I've invited my colleague Brian Dipert to share his perspective on various face analysis algorithms used in embedded vision. As Editor-in-Chief of the Embedded […]
Automated Face Analysis Gets Real Read More +
Adding one or several image sensors to a system, along with the necessary "muscle" to process the captured still and video frames, can notably enhance that system's capabilities and consequent appeal to potential customers. But then again, as editor-in-chief of the Embedded Vision Alliance, you'd expect me to harbor such a belief, right? Keep in
Camera-Inclusive Systems: Don’t Forget To Employ Sufficient Security Stratagems Read More +
As the daily news reports unfortunately make regularly clear, existing among us are no shortage of sick and twisted individuals who prey on children they find via (among other avenues) published images. And those same news reports document scores of situations in which captured still photos and video footage have been used by oppressive regimes
YouTube’s Face Detection-Based Blurring: Digital Protection From Those Intent On Harming Read More +
Back in September of last year, I introduced you to SceneTap, a service that uses webcams to provide a dynamically updated count of how many people are currently in a bar, restaurant, etc…along with estimates of male-to-female and age ratios, thereby implementing not only human face detection but also rudimentary face recognition (gender and age,
SceneTap: A Face Detection Privacy Flap Read More +
Remember Google's augmented reality glasses, the rumors of which I mentioned back in late February? Well, they're real, as it turns out, at least in prototype form. They're under development by the same 'Google X Lab' that is working on the company's autonomous automobile…and it's not April 1st, so I'm not fooling (although that's not
Google’s Project Glass(es): A Further Loss Of Privacy With A Touch Of Class Read More +
Remember the Samsung image sensor-inclusive televisions that I first mentioned in early January, with a follow-up blurb last Friday? Well, thanks to a Slashdot heads-up earlier today, I've got even more to say…and it's disturbing, to say the least. The title, "New Samsung TV Watches You Watching It," may be a sufficient topic tip-off, but
Unwanted Surveillance: An Inevitable Outcome of Consumer Non-Cognizance? Read More +
Lest you question that facial recognition technology is fraught with privacy and other concerns coming from the citizenry, the above image (not to mention those that follow) should dispel any doubts you may have. As reported at sites such as Boing Boing, MAKE Magazine and Slashdot, a New York-based designer called CV Dazzle has come
Facial Recognition: Bizarre Attempts To Circumvent Accuracy Of Detection Read More +
Today's news report admittedly isn't as verbose as the average, but I hope you'll still find it informative…or at least entertaining. At minimum, in contrast to some other embedded vision applications (and products targeting them) that I've written about to date, which have a futuristic (and, dare I say, speculative) aspect, the near-term, practical aspects
So a Guy Walks Into a Bar… Read More +
As yesterday's post noted, embedded vision applications are rapidly broadening their reach beyond historical niches into widespread-adoption areas. Sometimes, this expansion occurs with the enthusiastic support of those being affected by it. Other times, though, the reaction isn't quite as sanguine. Such is the seeming case with facial recognition, which is the topic of an
Facial Recognition: Increasing Adoption, Coupled With Privacy-Fueled Rebellion Read More +
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