Thursday, November 9, 2017

Facial recognition technology explained

Samsung was the first to pack advanced

facial recognition technologies into a top-tier flagship with iris scanning technology inside the ill fated Galaxy Note 7. The technology stuck around inside the Galaxy S8and new Note 8, which forms part of Samsung’s security suite alongside a broader face recognition system and fingerprint options.
Samsung’s iris scanning technology works by identifying the patterns in your irises. Just like fingerprints, these are unique to each person, making them very difficult to replicate. To do this, Samsung’s latest flagships are equipped with an infrared diode that illuminates your eyes regardless of the surrounding lighting conditions. This light wavelength can’t be detected by a regular front facing cameras, so a special infrared narrow focus camera then captures the detailed iris information. This image is then stored and processed locally on device, nothing is send via the internet.