Technology is constantly evolving & advancing day in and day out. The technology used in security systems has moved from PIN’s & Cards to Finger Veins & Fingerprints. The natural further step in this was the leap to Face Recognition. The face recognition system is capable of identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video source. One of the ways to do this is by comparing selected facial features from the image and a face database.
It is typically used in security systems and can be compared to other biometrics such as fingerprint or eye iris recognition systems. Recently, it has also become popular as a commercial identification and marketing tool. It is a comprehensive network that provides immense level of authorization over access control.