The next time you want to buy a pack of cigarettes from a vending machine in Japan, you might actually come across a machine that utilize face recognition technology.
The Ministry of Finance has approved cigarette vending machines that use face recognition technology to determine whether the purchaser is a minor or not.
The vending machines, which determine a person’s approximate age from the size of their eyes and mouth and their bone structure, were developed by Kyoto Prefecture company Fujitaka Co., a major producer of vending machines.
With face-recognition technology, users will be able to purchase cigarettes without a taspo card. There are already 5,000 such machines in operation across Japan.
Source: Mainichi Japan
I was wondering … what if the kid had a big head? Then maybe the machine might mistake him/her for an adult.
This wouldn’t be good for me. I’m 21, but I can get into the cinema as a 15 year old.
I heard bad things like it will also respond to magazine pictures and such, but it’s a nice idea overall.
Why not just combine face-recognition and the taspo card system? (‘~’)