Google Awarded Face-To-Unlock Patent 194
An anonymous reader writes "CNet reports that Google was awarded a patent yesterday for logging into a computing device using face recognition (8,261,090). 'In order for the technology to work, Google's patent requires a camera that can identify a person's face. If that face matches a "predetermined identity," then the person is logged into the respective device. If multiple people want to access a computer, the next person would get in front of the camera, and the device's software would automatically transition to the new user's profile. ... Interestingly, Apple last year filed for a patent related to facial recognition similar to what Google is describing in its own service. That technology would recognize a person's face and use that as the authentication needed to access user profiles or other important information.'"
Amazing (Score:5, Funny)
Only muiltibillion dollar companies like Google and Apple could come up with such original, clever, and non-obvious uses for existing technologies such as this. Facial recognition?? Whoduthunkit? Logging in? Never tried that before, but it sure sounds neat.
Cease and desist (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My lenovo laptop (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Good facial recognition (Score:5, Funny)
blink to login. ok.
but to get to root, you have to do a full sneeze. and I can't always do that on command.
Re:Good facial recognition (Score:4, Funny)
I swear to god, sometimes Slashdotters come off sounding like a bunch of gimps.
Wait, Gimp now has facial recognition too?
He said gimp!, right? I read it on the intertubes!
Re:Good facial recognition (Score:4, Funny)
Don't Blink. Don't even blink!
He said "Jelly Bean", not "Jelly Baby".