Omron develops face-recognition software for cellphones

Japan's Omron Corp. has developed a face-recognition system for camera phones. The idea is that you can snap your own picture and feed it into the software, thereby locking your phone and making it useless to thieves (or anyone else, unless you've got a twin). The biometric software can be installed on a range of cellphone systems and reportedly has an accuracy rate of over 99%. For the average cellphone user, it's probably a bit of overkill, but the software can be adapted to other devices, including camera-equipped laptops and PDAs.

[simon @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

how about holding up a decent res images of the cellphone user?!

[encosion @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

Um... What if it goes mildly awry and you dress up one evening with loads of make-up?

[Anthony @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

What if you have a picture of the person and hold it up to the phone?

[seth @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

What if someone steals your phone AND severs your head? Then what are you going to do?

[Michael @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

How about just holding up a decent photo of someone in front of the lens??