Trueface facial recognition deployed in the wake of Hurricane Dorian
Information Certainty: Documented
Deployment Purpose: Missing Person Recovery
| Summary |
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| In order to find missing persons in the wake of a hurricane in the Bahamas, Trueface facial recognition was used. |
Products and Institutions:
| Product Deployed | Trueface (Facial Recognition) |
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| Institutions ⠉ | Trueface |
| Datasets | Trueface (Dataset) |
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Status and Events:
| Status | Ongoing |
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Users:
| Involved Entities | |
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| Managed by | Trueface Bluestone Technology |
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Location:
| City | Nassau (BS) |
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| Country ⠉ | The Bahamas |
Description[ ]
Hurricane Dorian devastated islands in the Bahamas in August 2019. In order to find missing persons, computer vision was deployed by Trueface in partnership with a Blockchain company.
Trueface, a leader in computer vision technology, announced today a partnership with Bluestone Technology, Ltd., the leading blockchain network provider for the Caribbean, to launch a missing persons database and interactive platform leveraging the power of facial recognition in the wake of Hurricane Dorian 2
Here’s how the process works, according to a Truface statement: Trueface uses its artificial intelligence, via the FindMeBahamas and CARICOM platforms, to help identify and account for missing people via facial recognition. The biometric authentication technology matches those missing people with storm victims who are found. Many storm victims have lost their identification documents, so those platforms provide them with unique six-digital ID numbers and digital identities. Those IDs are then run through the facial recognition databases — and via the Bluestone Caribbean blockchain network — as the effort to account for everyone continues. “We are just starting to see the beginning of all of the possibilities and positive impacts facial recognition and computer vision technologies can play in the wake of disasters like Hurricane Dorian,” said Shaun Moore, co-founder and CEO of Trueface. “As we continue this partnership with Bluestone, we will be looking to expand these capabilities to other areas of the world that are suffering from the very same issues of loss of traditional forms of identification and inability to find missing persons.” 1
References
- a b "Facial recognition helps find hurricane victims". (2019) <https://www.secureidnews.com/news-item/facial-recognition-helps-find-hurricane-victims/> Accessed: 2022-11-17
- a b "Trueface Technology Helps Identify Missing Persons in the Bahamas in the Wake of Hurricane Dorian". (2019) <https://medium.com/trueface-ai/trueface-technology-helps-identify-missing-persons-in-the-bahamas-in-the-wake-of-hurricane-dorian-925ad8ce25b6> Accessed: 2022-11-17