Face recognition

Face recognition

Face recognition may refer to
*Face perception: the recognition of faces by humans
*Facial recognition systems: the computer-driven recognition of faces


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  • face recognition — noun 1. biometric identification by scanning a person s face and matching it against a library of known faces they used face recognition to spot known terrorists • Syn: ↑facial recognition, ↑automatic face recognition • Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act… …   Useful english dictionary

  • face-recognition — adj. Face recognition is used with these nouns: ↑software …   Collocations dictionary

  • Three-dimensional face recognition — (3D face recognition) is a modality of facial recognition methods in which the three dimensional geometry of the human face is used. It has been shown that 3D face recognition methods can achieve significantly higher accuracy than their 2D… …   Wikipedia

  • automatic face recognition — noun biometric identification by scanning a person s face and matching it against a library of known faces they used face recognition to spot known terrorists • Syn: ↑face recognition, ↑facial recognition • Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Face perception — is the process by which the brain and mind understand and interpret the face, particularly the human face.The face is an important site for the identification of others and conveys significant social information. Probably because of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Face detection — is a computer technology that determines the locations and sizes of human faces in arbitrary (digital) images. It detects facial features and ignores anything else, such as buildings, trees and bodies. Definition and relation to other tasks Face… …   Wikipedia

  • Recognition of human individuals — involves physical recognition, such as visual, auditory, or behavior recognition.Recognition of acquaintancesFrom nearby, a human individual is mainly recognized by his or her face; individuals with prosopagnosia are unable to recognize the faces …   Wikipedia

  • Recognition — (re+cognition) is a process that occurs in thinking when some event, process, pattern, or object recurrs . Thus in order for something to be recognized, it must be familiar. This recurrence allows the recognizer to more properly react, survival… …   Wikipedia

  • face — n Face, countenance, visage, physiognomy, mug, puss denote the front part of a human or, sometimes, animal head including the mouth, nose, eyes, forehead, and cheeks. Face is the simple and direct word {your face is dirty} {she struck him in the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Face — Infobox Anatomy Name = face Latin = faciesa GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = A human face (Mona Lisa). |satan Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = Face MeshNumber = A01.456.505 DorlandsPre = f 01… …   Wikipedia

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