The world of face recognition systems that can be used for crime prevention, entry / exit management, and marketing at facilities and stores

Talent / Engineer Ayaka Ikezawa @ikeay He was selected as a jury special prize at the 6th Toho "Cinderella" audition, and while he is active as a talent, he woke up to programming while attending Keio University Faculty of Environment and Information Studies (SFC), and is a goddess in the Ruby world. To the extent that it is called. She is active even after graduating from college, taking advantage of her special ability as a talent who can program. She is currently appearing on TOKYO MX "VR Friends 2" (every Friday from 20:00 to 20:30).

When it comes to business solutions, she's Ayaka Ikezawa, who seems to be a little distant, but she's a geek girl. In addition to her personality activities, she has recently been active as an engineer and has contributed to the media by covering IT technology. She was also very curious about the smart work technology she experienced this time.

This time, which is the first time, is one of the biometric authentication "face authentication" that has recently been installed in various personal computers and smartphones. Although it has been talked about in Windows Hello and Face ID of iPhone X, NEC has been engaged in research and development for 40 years for biometric authentication and nearly 30 years for face authentication technology. Therefore, we asked Mr. Takeshi Horimoto of the NEC Partners Platform Division about the face recognition solution that is currently used in the field of business, and asked Mr. Ikezawa to actually experience face recognition.

I visited NEC's store-type showroom "Kurasaba Ichiba" in Akihabara. There is a space on the 2nd floor where you can experience face recognition.

Ayaka Ikezawa "Thank you for this time. First of all, could you tell us about NEC's face recognition?"

Takeshi Horimoto "NEC's biometrics business has a long history of 40 years, and we have introduced more than 700 systems in more than 70 countries around the world. Of these, face recognition has been researched and developed for nearly 30 years. For example, fingerprint systems. So, the police in California, USA, handle data for about 14 million people, and the Ministry of Interior of South Africa manages the data for about 50 million people with the national ID system. "

Ikezawa "I'm surprised at the scale we handle."

Horimoto : That's true. Regarding face recognition, we provide a system to customs at 14 major airports in Brazil, and we are familiar with "face pass recognition" for annual pass purchasers at large domestic theme parks, women. It is used for ticketless admission at idol unit concerts. "