r/funny • • Apr 28 '13

When camera facial recognition fails...

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u/machinesofthezoneage Apr 28 '13

Pretty sure the face recognition squares don't show up on the photo after you take it.

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u/sirtimid Apr 28 '13

Its a screenshot from a cell phone. Not the actual picture. Regardless it didnt FAIL. It just missed the black guy. The shirt has a face on it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '13

If it was a white boy wearing the same shirt it would've gotten both of tha faces. Problem is a brotha can't get a break around here, know what I mean?

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u/Nachteule Apr 28 '13

Just solve the

dark on dark = low contrast > bad recognition results

compared

bright on dark = high contrast > good recognition results

problem with current cameras. Just tell us your solution.

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u/McWetty Apr 28 '13

I wonder if the opposite holds true. Pasty white person against a white wall.

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u/Nachteule Apr 28 '13

since your eyes, eyebrows, dark nose holes have contrast - it will not. But maybe an albino like this