Saturday, November 27, 2010

Racial discrimination in the camera how to sing?

Last year, mother's day, Miss Wang and her younger brother gave MOM a Nikon digital camera, but Coolpixs630 use does not function properly.

Each photograph smiling, always pops up a message: "someone blinked?" all eyes were open, it is a camera broken? Finally, Miss Wang's brother world of wide with dead fish-eye, the camera has not prompted.

Miss Wang feels it, funny.

Take a camera, the reason, why the old play information? so she shot smiling pictures, the transfer to the Internet, the name is called the "racial discrimination in the camera, I didn't blink ... I am Asian! "as a result, numerous comments here, a stone to excite Melaleuca waves.

To say that the Nikon, it is Japan company, should be designed taking into account the characteristics of the Asian people! how can even smile capture can do better? to talk about the intelligent application of technology in camera, apparently a lot of convenience to consumers.

Who is the dancer will inevitably take pictures, capture a blink of an eye, Hey, it's worthy of the face. Originally is a good thing, how can you smell it?

Good smile capture, it should be reminded that at the time of the shooting of the film, blink, or auto-capture all ok.

In theory, one moment of pressing the shutter as long as the timing is good, can be a great success. This is a little like computer webcam, video conference or a facial recognition system will filter out the incorrect expression.

Although the face recognition criteria relatively simple, but behind the algorithm is very complex.

Eyes, eyebrows, nose, lips, are taken into consideration, and after the operation, find the universal law. Of course, these are exceptions.

Last month, a Tennessee State RV convenience stores of white employees in Youtube upload a video, his fellow blacks want HP Pavilion notebook webcam with face recognition.

Originally, the camera capture white employees face everything works, but when black employees after a painting, it crashed. Black employees very angry, he thought the HP computer with racial discrimination.

This video was won the 200 million pageviews, HP also achieve the air waves.

Hewlett Packard Media Manager replied to this TonyWelch, HP is committed to providing global customers with high quality products and services, regardless of race, colour, alike. He believes that consumers should adjust settings, not the shooting everywhere.

However, there are a number of engineers in question on the market, the webcam is so perfect.

Oculis laboratory, has been engaged in research on security software, particularly the facial recognition technology. Its competent BillAnderson believes that HP is not touched, because the technology does not cross the border. On the contrary, Dell installed the they produced of face recognition security software, so their PC can easily identify black employees.

On YouTube, for this discussion has never stopped.

Some people believe that product into the market, should make good inspection. Hewlett-Packard is clearly only white made a test, mischief, also say what algorithm in accordance with the "standard" is simply nonsense. Often a camera parts manufacturer, the supplier for well-known brands, this can be explained not only HP also many companies that use a flawed code, resulting in prejudice to ethnic minorities. Like Sony's latest two Cybershot in facial recognition, also have this problem.

Why is that? it should not be a program error.

Algorithm, no problem. The only possible explanation are two: first, the encoding rules, the second is a database of pictures to choose from. Only in these two factors, the camera will do the prejudices of the command. Therefore, only the more extensive use of photos, you can avoid the trouble of egos. If you set the 95 photos, but it can only identify 90 sheets, you should note that the remaining 5, most likely this is the crux of the problem.

Miss Wang complain of headaches, reflects Nikon camera cannot distinguish between small eyes open or closed.

Constitute the eyes of the pixel is clearly less, so that the camera could not be resolved, to appear at the beginning of the scene. However, Nikon, Sony, HP or those prone to burn money of large companies, is also doing this should make good defective software? n years ago, speech recognition, or bud, you never know what computer you want to say. But now, 99% accuracy rate, let you feel the man-machine conversation is not difficult. The same facial recognition, should improve technical standards. Nikon said, are developing more accurate blink hint feature. Sony is also working to ing. Perhaps, over time, many of the camera is unable to distinguish between ' where da blue skin?

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