Researchers have found a way to enable computers to boast that, like humans, they never forget a face.
Psychology researcher Dr Rob Jenkins holds up his current passport photo, left, and his average face image, right, to illustrate how an improved likeness is brought about by the image averaging technique
The researchers have developed an imaging technique that merges several photos of the same person into one composite
They found when composites of different people were shown to a computer it was able recognise all of them
Such a method could improve face recognition programs already in use to identify suspects at airports, for example, or as part of immigration and employment verification
humans are great at recognising photographed images of people they know, they are less successful at picking out photos of people they do not know
humans and computers struggle with the same issues.
In short, 10 images of one stranger can look like 10 photos of 10 different people.
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