Police in China have begun using sunglasses equipped with facial recognition technology to identify suspected criminals.
The glasses are connected to an internal database of suspects, meaning officers can quickly scan crowds. The sunglasses have already helped police arrest seven suspects.
Police used the new equipment at a busy train station in the central city of Zhengzhou to identify the suspects. The seven people who were arrested are accused of crimes ranging from hit-and-runs to human selling. Police also identified 26 people who were using fake IDs.
The technology allows police officers to take a photo of a suspicious person and then compare it to pictures stored in an internal database. If there is a match, information such as the person’s name and address will then be sent to the officer.
China is a world leader in facial recognition technology. The country has been building what it calls “the world’s biggest camera surveillance(监控) network”. It’s said that about 170 million CCTV cameras are already in place and some 400 million new ones are expected to be put into use in the next three years. Many of the cameras use artificial intelligence, including facial recognition technology.
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