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Panasonic debuts device-locked QR codes to speed facial biometric capture
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Japanese industrial giant Panasonic has created a new form of QR code it says will only work on designated devices and environments.
Key facts
- Japanese industrial giant Panasonic has created a new form of QR code it says will only work on designated devices and environments
- Panasonic thought of that and says the QR codes it issues will only work with “identifiable users and devices
- Using QR codes alongside biometrics is not entirely novel because the technology creates a unique identifier by measuring the distance between facial features
- Denso, the Japanese company which invented QR codes, can render a facial profile into that space and offers an identity system based on that ability
Summary
The company revealed the tech yesterday in an announcement of a tweak to its “Site Management Service” access control system that allows and tracks entries to, and exits from, buildings. Panasonic last year added a cloudy facial recognition service to the product but now feels capturing face scans has become a tiresome bottleneck as workers queue to be photographed, and admins must assess the quality of scans to ensure they’re usable, then possibly capture additional images. The company’s answer is to issue QR codes that contain registration information and which workers present when they enter a building that uses facial recognition access control. Datacenter batteries are selling years in advance, because AI, says Panasonic.