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China Police Cars with Facial Recognition Software to be Launched Soon

China Holds Show On Police Equipment And Anti-Terrorism Technology

(Photo : Feng Li / Staff) BEIJING - MAY 19: A police car of BMW is shown during China (Beijing) International Exhibition on Police Equipment Anti-Terrorism Technology (CIPATE) at Beijing Exhibition Centre on May 19, 2009 in Beijing, China. CIPATE is a leading exhibition and conference in this industry in China. In order to update and improve their equipment and systems, Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau sponsored the show. It is also a great opportunity for exhibitors to enlarge their sales in a potential big market-China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

A team of developers and researches from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China's Police Equipment Joint Research Lab has come up with patrol cars that house facial recognition software systems intended to combat crimes in China in a faster and more efficient manner.

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The vehicles, according to the team, will become available to China's entirekj police enforcement soon.

China's 1.3 billion population will be able to sleep more peacefully at night knowing that criminals and outlaws can no longer hide themselves in crowds. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the high technology sports utility vehicle (SUV) is installed with a rooftop camera that gives police officers a 360 degree view of an area expanding to up to 60 meters in radius.

Faces caught by the recognition software are compared and contrasted against the ones documented in the database of China police. If a match comes up, the police will immediately be alerted even if the patrol vehicle is in motion as fast as 120 kph.

The system can also recognize identities even if it catches only 75 percent of the face, an advancement that may become a trend all over the world in the future, according to technology critics, who likewise note that the United Arab Emirates has already spearheaded the same advancement last year.

Moreover, the software system also boasts of an ability to recognize car types and models, as well as license plates. The vehicle was launched last week in the town of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan in Southwestern China.

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