PittPatt face recognition demo

AI

face recognition

SHOW HN2009

50points
25comments
#1of 8 in 2009
Top 13%of 2009 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 3 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.

Performance: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Detection and pose estimation impressive and fast

    From 4 comments
    • Very good demo and it also happens to be related to my interests so here's my little analysis. 1, The face detection of this program is more impressive than the face recognition.…
      ktharavaad on HN
    • OK, I'm not familiar with MatLab performance. :-) But image processing is very computationally expensive, and the demo here is unbelievably fast. It must be optimized for its…
      10ren on HN
    • My first R&D project at my company when I just got out of college was in image recognition, so this is pretty interesting. Here's 2 I did:…
      spydez on HN
    • Seems to work, good job.
      vaksel on HN
  • Video recognition works better than still images

    From 1 comment
    • I have a few comments for you guys about our demo: 1. Image to Image is a bit misleading because we are fairly strict in our online demo in pose requirements, so many faces are…
      lbrandy on HN

Objections

  • Frontal-pose requirement rejects many photos

    From 2 comments
    • It worked quite well for my face but not my wife's ( http://webdemo.pittpatt.com/recognition_demo/view.php?id=X3YPJH35U9579 ) because her head is slightly tilted and not facing…
      chime on HN
    • I have a few comments for you guys about our demo: 1. Image to Image is a bit misleading because we are fairly strict in our online demo in pose requirements, so many faces are…
      lbrandy on HN
  • Unclear what the product does from the page

    From 1 comment
    • I totally misunderstood what this is. You recognize and match two faces across two pictures! I thought you just identify that a face is there. You REALLY need to explain a bit…
      markessien on HN
  • No download or access path for the technology

    From 1 comment
    • So...how exactly does one go about getting a-hold of this technology? There is no download link and it's not clear if the contact link will result in my being sent a demo.
      markessien on HN
  • Privacy concerns about tracking people

    From 1 comment
    • Looks like something to give the government to track your EVERY MOVE. Good job tho guys. Its pretty impressive.
      spoiledtechie on HN

Requests

  • Relax photo pose requirements

    From 1 comment
    • It worked quite well for my face but not my wife's ( http://webdemo.pittpatt.com/recognition_demo/view.php?id=X3YPJH35U9579 ) because her head is slightly tilted and not facing…
      chime on HN
  • Explain the product more clearly

    From 1 comment
    • I totally misunderstood what this is. You recognize and match two faces across two pictures! I thought you just identify that a face is there. You REALLY need to explain a bit…
      markessien on HN

Questions

  • What implementation language is used

    From 2 comments
    • Impressive. What's the implementation language? I assume C.
      10ren on HN
    • Why do you assume that? It could just as well be MatLab or something similar, that makes fiddling with multimedia very easy.
      rlm on HN
  • Can templates be precomputed for faster comparison

    From 1 comment
    • Does this technology work using both images simultaneously? Or could lots of images be pre-processed individually into something that allowed a cheaper comparison? Just to try to…
      westside1506 on HN
  • How to obtain the technology

    From 1 comment
    • So...how exactly does one go about getting a-hold of this technology? There is no download link and it's not clear if the contact link will result in my being sent a demo.
      markessien on HN

Alternatives named

  • OpenCV

    From 1 comment
    • Very good demo and it also happens to be related to my interests so here's my little analysis. 1, The face detection of this program is more impressive than the face recognition.…
      ktharavaad on HN
  • Facebook face tagging

    From 1 comment

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