A Chinese company says its facial recognition software can now identify people that are wearing masks to protect against the coronavirus. Hanwang Technology used a sample database of around 6 million unmasked faces and a much smaller database of masked faces to create the system. The Beijing-based firm, which also goes by the English name Hanvon, began to develop the tech in January, as people in China began donning face masks in their droves. The system was rolled out just one month later. Hanwang Vice President Huang Lei says the system’s recognition rate reached about 95% when people wore a…
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