Intel RealSense ID

2021: Announcement of a system of face recognition of RealSense ID

At the beginning of January, 2021 the Intel company announced release of a new hardware and software system for face recognition which can be used in retail stores for simplification of payment transactions, the organization of access to premises, etc.

A new system received the name RealSense ID. The camera RealSense (its first version was provided in 2014) complemented with the sensor of depth and a neuronet which provides authentication on the person is its cornerstone. According to developers, the new product can find application in ATMs, product booths, self-service terminals and the systems of smart doors.

Intel provided the system of face recognition which is mistaken in one case from one million

As reported in the press release, advantage of the RealSense ID device is high degree of computing autonomy and integration. Biometric data of the user are ciphered and processed locally, process of recognition of the person is started upon the demand of the client who underwent advance registration in a system. The accompanying neural network prevents attempts of forgery using masks, video and a photo, and it is possible to deceive it only in one case from one million. Flat images of a human face are ignored by a system as it is capable to feel scene depth and to create a "volume" digital portrait.

Intel claims that false operations are possible no more, than in one case from one million. It corresponds to what offers Face ID. And changes on the person, such as increase in vegetation (moustaches, a beard) on the person or emergence of points do not affect system effectiveness. Besides, she is capable to work under the most various conditions of illumination, with people of different growth and build.

Start of the RealSense ID system is planned for the first quarter 2021. Its price by the beginning of January is not set.^[1]

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