Digital Barriers plc, announces that it will be making its live facial recognition software available at no cost to national and local authorities and agencies in the UK involved in the search for missing young people. As seen last week on BBC Newsnight, the new and unique automatic facial recognition system, SmartVis Face, has been built around machine learning, originally with the purpose of tracking criminals and terror suspects against watch lists of many thousands of people.
After being publicly announced for use on fixed surveillance cameras as well as smartphones and police body worn cameras last week, there has been a significant response with regards to the availability of this new capability. One particularly important question has been how SmartVis facial recognition can be utilised outside of crime-based law enforcement, including in the search for missing young people passing through major towns and cities.
