Mobile facial recognition engine launched

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Mobile facial recognition engine launched

Cognitec has developed a mobile face recognition engine for Android devices.

Date - 8th August 2013
By - Police Product Insight

Cognitec has developed a mobile face recognition engine for Android devices. With FaceVACS, many face recognition applications could soon move to a mobile device. An app could be used to take biometrics photos required for ePassports and other ID...

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