By the end of 2012, almost 20% of annual smartphone shipments will include facial recognition capabilities. In five years' time, shipments of smartphones and tablets with the technology will increase to 665 million annually. Currently, only Google's Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean mobile operating systems support the technology in significant volumes. The Samsung Galaxy SIII is one of the most n...
By the end of 2012, almost 20% of annual smartphone shipments will include facial recognition capabilities. In five years' time, shipments of smartphones and tablets with the technology will increase to 665 million annually. Currently, only Google's Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean mobile operating systems support the technology in significant volumes. The Samsung Galaxy SIII is one of the most notable smartphones to feature this technology. Over the next two to three years, many more operating systems and mobile OEMs will incorporate the technology.
Facial recognition has been on the technology radar for some time. It was developed in the 1960s by three scientists: Woody Bledsoe, Helen Chan Wolf, and Charles Bisson. Historically, the major challenge for the technology in mobile devices has been incorporating an accurate enough sensor (camera) and a powerful enough processor to undertake the complex algorithms while limiting power consumption. Thanks to major technology advancements, this has changed.