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Reading facial expressions a likely skill specific to humans: study
Paying attention to facial expressions in order to understand behavioral patterns may be unique to human beings, a Japanese research team has found. The Kyoto University study was led by Masako...
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Facial identification system eyed for airport immigration
The Justice Ministry is considering introducing a facial identification system at Japanese airports to automate and help speed up immigration procedures, ministry officials said Saturday. The ministry...
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Japan to test facial, other biometric identification for immigration
A panel of experts Monday recommended that the Justice Ministry test facial, iris and hand vein identification systems to help simplify Japan's airport immigration procedures. Immigration officers now...
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Avatar mirrors users facial expressions in real-time using a standard webcam
A Keio University group, led by Associate Professor Yasue Mitsukura, has developed a method for measuring which way a person is facing and how their expression changes. This system achieves high speed...
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NTT Docomo New SMS Technology Attaches Facial Expression to Message
NTT Docomo Inc had its booth for the first time at IFA. At IFA 2012, Docomo Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH, NTT Docomo's research institute in Europe, introduced a mobile technology called "3D...
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OMRON Development of Facial Expression Technology
OMRON today announced the development of new technology capable of estimating seven different facial expressions--happiness, surprise, fear, disgust, anger, sadness, and neutral--all in real time. The...
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NEC marketing service uses facial recognition tech to estimate gender, age,...
NEC has developed a marketing service that utilizes facial recognition technology to estimates the age and gender of customers, and accumulates the data, along with the dates and times that customers...
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Fujitsu Laboratories Develops Real-Time Pulse Monitor Using Facial Imaging
Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced that it has developed a technology to measure a person's pulse in real time using a built-in camera or webcam in a PC, smartphone or tablet.
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Measure your pulse in real-time with Fujitsu's facial imaging technology
Fujitsu has developed technology which can measure a person's pulse in real time by analyzing video of their face. "As blood circulates through the body, the amount of light absorbed by the face...
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NEC NeoFace Facial Recognition Software solution identifies Boston Marathon...
NEC , a leading provider and integrator of advanced IT, communications, managed services and biometric solutions, today announced its NeoFace® Facial Recognition Software solution achieved high...
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Privacy visor glasses jam facial recognition systems to protect your privacy
This is the world's first pair of glasses which prevent facial recognition by cameras. They are currently under development by Japan's National Institute of Informatics. Photos taken without people's...
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Incendiary reflection mirror arouses emotions by subtly varying facial...
At the University of Tokyo, the Hirose-Tanikawa Lab is doing R&D on a system that virtually creates and affects people's emotional states.
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Isshin Do Honpo offers facial mask based on Kabuki makeup
Women using a new health product will soon be able to not only rejuvenate and clean their skin, but also see how they would look as a Kabuki actor.
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CES 2014 : Panasonic ups its smart TV game with the VIERA Life+ Screen,...
Panasonic's taken to the stage at CES and has just revealed the VIERA Life+ Screen in an effort to "redefine what a 21st Century TV should be."
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Facial recognition system to be tested at Osaka train station to analyze the...
A research to be conducted by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in April plans to use facial recognition technology to track people and monitor their behavior.
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Police in Tokyo, 4 other prefectures deploy facial recognition system
Police forces in Metropolitan Tokyo and four other prefectures have deployed a facial recognition system in which a video camera can instantly spot a particular person in a crowd.
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Facial recognition technology to be tested at Narita, Haneda airports
The Justice Ministry will begin testing facial recognition technology for automated immigration gates at Narita and Haneda airports in August in preparation for the 2020 Olympics.
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Auto-immigration gates using facial recognition start trial at Haneda, Narita...
Automated immigration gates based on facial recognition technology began a one-month trial at Haneda and Narita airports on Aug. 4.
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Facial recognition system launched in Tokyo Airports
Tests for a facial recognition system were launched at two international airports in the Tokyo area on Monday, as part of efforts to smooth immigration control procedures going into the 2020 Tokyo...
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Japan to use facial recognition technology at automated airport immigration...
The Ministry of Justice is aiming to adopt automated airport immigration gates based on facial recognition technology to deal with increasing numbers of foreign visitors amid limited number of...
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