While consumers are well aware of facial recognition, Chinese startup Watrix has launched a gait recognition technology. The gait recognition technology is 96% accurate and allows individuals to be identified based on their walking pattern, even if their back is to the camera.
Matrix's technology analyzes a person's body shape, arm angles, posture, and foot patterns to determine the individual's identity. The use of multiple factors for recognition makes it much more reliable than facial recognition, which can easily be thwarted due to facial obstructions like hats or scarfs. “With facial recognition people need to look into a camera – cooperation is not needed for them to be recognized [based on their gate]," stated co-found and chief executive of Watrix, Huan Yonngzhen. This new technology could drastically change how individuals are identified.
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What's Driving This Trend
- Gait Recognition Technology
- Watrix Technology Can Identify Humans Based on Their Walking Pattern
- Increased Accuracy
- The gait recognition technology is 96% accurate, making it more reliable than facial recognition.
- Improved Identification
- Analyzing body shape, arm angles, posture, and foot patterns provides a more comprehensive way to determine individual identity.
Who This Affects Most
- Security
- Gait recognition technology can disrupt the security industry by providing more accurate and reliable identification methods.
- Surveillance
- Incorporating gait recognition technology into surveillance systems can enhance monitoring capabilities and improve tracking individuals.
- Biometrics
- The development of gait recognition technology expands the applications and possibilities within the biometrics industry.
