Washington– The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) invites biometric technology developers to apply to participate in the 2021 Biometric Technology Rally. Started in 2018, the Biometric Technology Rally challenges industry to deliver fast, accurate, and easy-to-use biometric recognition capabilities to improve security and user facilitation at checkpoint processing. Building on the high…
Screening Masked Faces At Airports: 96 Percent Accuracy
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A controlled scenario test by the DHS S&T shows promising results for facial recognition technologies to accurately identify individuals wearing protective face masks.
A controlled scenario test by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) shows promising results for facial recognition technologies to accurately identify individuals wearing protective face masks.
The tests were conducted as part of S&T’s 2020 Biometric Technology Rally, held this fall at the Maryland Test Facility, and could reduce the need for people to remove masks at airports or ports of entry.
Facial recognition AI can identify mask-wearers, US research finds
By Kate Hodge on 07/01/2021
Research suggests that AI systems will be able to identify people wearing masks, reducing the need to remove them in environments such as airports. Credit: Taylor Herring via Flickr
Facial recognition technology can identify people wearing face masks, tests conducted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the US suggest. The DHS hopes to reduce the need for people to remove their face masks during ID checks in facilities such as airports.
The testing was conducted as part of the 2020 Biometric Rally, held in Maryland last autumn by the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) within DHS. The focus was on exploring if biometric systems could “detect and recognise” mask-wearing travellers.