Accurately 99.8% the new system will be available to both individual customers and retailers by 2015.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Academy of Science or CAS for short)) will roll out a facial recognition system that can be used for payments, starting next year. According to company the system will go live and be completely accurate.
As published by Science and Technology Daily on Sunday, the Hong Kong Research Institute has said that the largest database of people in the world has been created that contains more than 50 millions of records.
The database was created with the help of the University of Illinois, and the National University of Singapore.
According to Zhou Xi, director of CAS Chongqing Green Technology Research Institute, researchers have developed a unique technology collectionof data, which can simultaneously gather information of a person from 91 different angles. The researchers were also able to enhance the system's learning capabilities so that it works consistently and accurately in a dynamic environment.
Zhou said the system had the highest accuracy to date, reaching 99,8%. According to the international standard Carnegie Mellon, exceeds the record of its predecessors which reached 97,6%.
This facial recognition system has already been used in border controls.
Once users have installed the appropriate app for their mobile devices and connected to bank accounts or credit cards, it will take just "a second" to identify the owner's system, said Zhou.
As far as security is concerned, Zhou said that a special algorithm that is extremely reliable will be able to easily detect if the scanned faces are true instead of a photo or video. The system, which is equipped with learning skills, will automatically study the change in scanning characteristics, preventing the link if it detects even a slight increase in weight, for example.
