NEC has announced its advanced surveillance system that would be rolled ours across major cities in Georgia and Tbilisi, the nation’s capital. The system uses facial recognition software, this checks images captured by CCTV cameras.
The software also uses deep learning technologies to identify people by a low-resolution face image captured by a distant camera.
Accrding to NEC;” using video images from standard cameras for face recognition requires advanced techniques since images are influenced by environmental conditions such as camera location, image quality, lighting, and subject size, in addition to the behaviour of subjects, such as their walking speed, face direction, and sight line.
To achieve “reliable” face recognition of a video image, NEC said it developed feature point extraction technology that enables the identification of an individual even if their face is partially hidden or the image is taken from different angles.”
The managing director of NEC Telecommunication and Information Technology,Tomoki Naka said in a statement that ” by offering city surveillance systems that are enhanced with facial recognition technology, we are contributing to proactive crime prevention and efficient criminal investigations, This surveillance system, which began operation in June, was introduced as part of Georgia’s “Safe City, Safe Region, Safe Country” program with the goal of improving public safety.
400 CCTV cameras were installed across major cities in Georgia, under the directive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, and “tens of thousands” more will be added in the future.”
Peter Dutton,ustralian Minister for Immigration and Border Protection announced earlier this week that ” a new AU$22.5 million, three-year contract with Vision-Box Australia will initially see 105 new smartgates rolled out across Australian airports, enabling passengers to be processed using facial recognition and eliminating the need for passports.
NEC’s facial recognition technology is also being used by the South Australian police force to identify persons of interest and missing persons. However, the South Australian government said in September last year that the technology’s capacity to identify people on real-time CCTV footage would not be used initially.”
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