Face Recognition Functions

Introducing Intel RealSense ID Facial Authentication
What’s New: Today, Intel introduced Intel® RealSense™ ID, an on-device solution that combines an active depth sensor with a specialized neural network designed to deliver secure, accurate and user-aware facial authentication. Intel RealSense ID works with smart locks, access control, point-of-sale, ATMs, kiosks and more. “Intel RealSense ID combines purpose-built hardware and software with a dedicated

“Designing Home Monitoring Cameras for Scale,” a Presentation from Ring
Ilya Brailovskiy, Principal Engineer, and Changsoo Jeong, Head of Algorithm, both of Ring, present the "Optimizing SSD Object Detection for Low-power Devices" tutorial at the May 2019 Embedded Vision Summit. In this talk, Brailovskiy and Jeong discuss how Ring designs smart home video cameras to make neighborhoods safer. In particular, they focus on three key

May 2019 Embedded Vision Summit Slides
The Embedded Vision Summit was held on May 20-23, 2019 in Santa Clara, California, as an educational forum for product creators interested in incorporating visual intelligence into electronic systems and software. The presentations delivered at the Summit are listed below. All of the slides from these presentations are included in… May 2019 Embedded Vision Summit

“Understanding and Implementing Face Landmark Detection and Tracking,” a Presentation from PathPartner Technology
Jayachandra Dakala, Technical Architect at PathPartner Technology, presents the “Understanding and Implementing Face Landmark Detection and Tracking” tutorial at the May 2018 Embedded Vision Summit. Face landmark detection is of profound interest in computer vision, because it enables tasks ranging from facial expression recognition to understanding human behavior. Face landmark detection and tracking can be

“Creating a Computationally Efficient Embedded CNN Face Recognizer,” a Presentation from PathPartner Technology
Praveen G.B., Technical Lead at PathPartner Technology, presents the “Creating a Computationally Efficient Embedded CNN Face Recognizer” tutorial at the May 2018 Embedded Vision Summit. Face recognition systems have made great progress thanks to availability of data, deep learning algorithms and better image sensors. Face recognition systems should be tolerant of variations in illumination, pose

“Building A Practical Face Recognition System Using Cloud APIs,” a Presentation from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Chris Adzima, Senior Information Systems Analyst for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon, presents the “Building a Practical Face Recognition System Using Cloud APIs” tutorial at the May 2018 Embedded Vision Summit. In this presentation, Adzima walks through the design and implementation of a face recognition system utilizing cloud computing and cloud computer vision

May 2018 Embedded Vision Summit Slides
The Embedded Vision Summit was held on May 21-24, 2018 in Santa Clara, California, as an educational forum for product creators interested in incorporating visual intelligence into electronic systems and software. The presentations delivered at the Summit are listed below. All of the slides from these presentations are included in… May 2018 Embedded Vision Summit

“A New Approach to Mass Transit Security,” a Presentation from Lux Research
Mark Bünger, Vice President of Research at Lux Research, delivers the presentation "A New Approach to Mass Transit Security" at the Embedded Vision Alliance's March 2018 Vision Industry and Technology Forum. Bünger presents a revolutionary computer-vision-based methodology for public transit safety.

“Computer Vision on ARM: The Spirit Object Detection Accelerator,” a Presentation from ARM
Tim Hartley, Senior Product Manager in the Imaging and Vision Group at ARM, presents the "Computer Vision on ARM: The Spirit Object Detection Accelerator" tutorial at the May 2017 Embedded Vision Summit. In 2016, ARM released Spirit, a dedicated object detection accelerator, bringing industry-leading levels of power- and area-efficiency to computer vision workflows. In this

May 2017 Embedded Vision Summit Slides
The Embedded Vision Summit was held on May 1-3, 2017 in Santa Clara, California, as a educational forum for product creators interested in incorporating visual intelligence into electronic systems and software. The presentations delivered at the Summit are listed below. All of the slides from these presentations are included in… May 2017 Embedded Vision Summit

“Combining Cloud and Edge Machine Learning to Deliver the Future of Video Monitoring,” a Presentation from Camio
Carter Maslan and Luca de Alfaro of Camio deliver the presentation "Combining Cloud and Edge Machine Learning to Deliver the Future of Video Monitoring" at the February 2017 Embedded Vision Alliance Member Meeting. Maslan and de Alfaro present their company's approach to using machine learning at the edge and in the cloud to deliver more
Facial Analysis Delivers Diverse Vision Processing Capabilities
Computers can learn a lot about a person from their face – even if they don’t uniquely identify that person. Assessments of age range, gender, ethnicity, gaze direction, attention span, emotional state and other attributes are all now possible at real-time speeds, via advanced algorithms running on cost-effective hardware. This article provides an overview of

“Intelligent Video Surveillance: Are We There Yet?,” a Presentation from CheckVideo
Nik Gagvani, President and General Manager of CheckVideo, delivers the presentation "Intelligent Video Surveillance: Are We There Yet?" at the September 2016 Embedded Vision Alliance Member Meeting. Gagvani provides an insider's perspective on vision-enabled video surveillance applications.
Vision Processing Opportunities in Drones
UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), commonly known as drones, are a rapidly growing market and increasingly leverage embedded vision technology for digital video stabilization, autonomous navigation, and terrain analysis, among other functions. This article reviews drone market sizes and trends, and then discusses embedded vision technology applications in drones, such as image quality optimization, autonomous navigation,

May 2016 Embedded Vision Summit Proceedings
The Embedded Vision Summit was held on May 2-4, 2016 in Santa Clara, California, as a educational forum for product creators interested in incorporating visual intelligence into electronic systems and software. The presentations presented at the Summit are listed below. All of the slides from these presentations are included in… May 2016 Embedded Vision Summit

“Techniques for Efficient Implementation of Deep Neural Networks,” a Presentation from Stanford
Song Han, graduate student at Stanford, delivers the presentation "Techniques for Efficient Implementation of Deep Neural Networks" at the March 2016 Embedded Vision Alliance Member Meeting. Song presents recent findings on techniques for the efficient implementation of deep neural networks.

Deep Learning Use Cases for Computer Vision (Download)
Six Deep Learning-Enabled Vision Applications in Digital Media, Healthcare, Agriculture, Retail, Manufacturing, and Other Industries The enterprise applications for deep learning have only scratched the surface of their potential applicability and use cases. Because it is data agnostic, deep learning is poised to be used in almost every enterprise vertical… Deep Learning Use Cases for

Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Image Recognition
This article was originally published at Cadence's website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Cadence. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are widely used in pattern- and image-recognition problems as they have a number of advantages compared to other techniques. This white paper covers the basics of CNNs including a description of the various layers