Wednesday, March 30, 2011

A new application for face-rec?

Police seek help identifying people pictured in stolen property (St. Joseph News Press -- Missouri)
Faced with the daunting task of scouring through hundreds of items of stolen property, St. Joseph police have an interesting request for our readers.

They are asking the public with help identifying subjects pictured in a photograph recovered from a stolen camera.
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“The hope is that somebody will recognize somebody in the photograph and that will give us a place to start,” said Detective Josh Howery, with the Electronic Crimes Unit.
Photo at link.

From a technical perspective, there's a lot we can do to help with problems like this and the technology has other applications.