Phones recognise their owners
Omron Corporation has developed face recognition software that can be deployed in mobile phones or any other mobile devices with a built in camera.
The company says that the aim of the new software, dubbed ‘OKAO Vision’, is to add greater security to the information contained in such devices.
"Mobile devices are carrying ever more personal information including address books, schedules and payment information, and the OKAO Vision software has been designed to protect this information even when the mobile phone is lost or stolen," said Masato Kawade, Senior Manager of the Sensing Technology Laboratory in Kyoto.
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