Minority Report-style police tool for iris or face recognition
July 16, 2011
The MORIS iris-scanning camera and app analyzes 235 unique features in each iris and uses an algorithm to match that person with their identity if they're in the database. (Credit: BI2 Technologies)
Police forces across the country are planning to start using BI2 Technologies’ mobile MORIS (Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System) product this year to identify suspects and instantly reveal their criminal history based on a picture of their face or iris, the colored portion of an eye, The Wall Street Journal reports.
For facial recognition the system analyzes about 130 distinguishing points on the face, such as the distance between a person’s eye and nose. It then scans the database for likely matches.
The system links to a national database of criminal records, managed by BI2.
The MORIS device attaches to the back of an iPhone or Android phone (credit: BI2 Technologies)
Credit: BI2 Technologies