What Does Facial Recognition Mean?

Facial recognition is a type of biometric technology that uses data to verify the presence of a human being’s face in a digital capture. There are two main uses for facial recognition software: recognition and authentication.

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How Does Facial Recognition Software Work?

During enrollment, an image (e.g., a photograph, a digital capture, or a video still) of a face of the known individual is submitted to the facial recognition system. While each system’s techniques may vary, in general, the distinctive characteristics of each face, such as the distance between the eyes, the width of the nose, and the depth of the eye sockets, are measured. These characteristics are known as “nodal points.”