Israeli company raises $ 5 million to develop face mask recognition.
The Israeli company Corsight AI already has in the works a technology for recognizing faces hidden by masks, glasses and plastic shields. It recently raised $5 million by Awz Ventures, a Canadian company focused on information technologies and better safetys.
Η Corsight stated that it would use the funds to commercialize the technology and continue its development.
A similar technology was announced in March by Hanwang Technology Ltd China, who had stated that he owns a technology that can recognize people when they wear a mask, as is done today because of the coronavirus.
Corsight, according to Reuters, said it offers a face recognition system capable of processing information captured by camcorders and can deal with the difficulties that arise when a large part of the population moves with the face partially covered.
According to the company, the technology can be used to issue notifications to people who violate the quarantine and have gone out in public places, while covering their faces with masks. If a person is found to have COVID-19, the system can quickly compile a report of people who were close to the sick person.
Corsight said it has permanent systems in European airports and hospitals, Asian cities, South American police and border crossings, as well as African mines and banks.
Tel Aviv-based Corsight was founded in late 2019 and employs 15 people. It is a subsidiary of the Cortica Group, which has raised over $70 million in technology development artificialof intelligence.
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