Face recognition access control is growing beyond the contactless authentication trend that emerged during the Covid. Over time, face recognition improved accuracy and speed from companies rejected for its inefficiency. It has evolved into a reliable solution from low throughput to high traffic applications. Another reason the technology is gaining traction is the greater interoperability across access control devices, web application, and smartphones under the same system.

There are several reasons why this contactless technology is gaining traction in many industries. Let's see how that goes.

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1.Accurate even at high volumes

Even after a million identifications, the camera sensor won't fade to reduce its accuracy. The technology may need hardware maintenance only in the event of errors. Otherwise, nothing else will impact the camera's and software's sensitivity. It is suitable for access control and attendance tracking in large enterprises and public events.

2.Identifies where other modalities fail.

There are sectors where there are difficulties in identifying people using traditional methods and fingerprints, for example, authenticating industrial employees and in the healthcare industry. Employees working in an industrial environment may have their fingerprints hindered by grease, dust, or scratches. Access cards may also fail to function due to machine interference.

Similarly, fingerprint authentication of the medical staff at hospitals is not practicable while using gloves. For patient authentication with electronic health records, single biometrics is not sufficient. Only multimodal authentication, which incorporates facial recognition, fingerprint, and iris scanning, is supported here.

Also read: 4 Compelling Use Cases of Facial Recognition API

3.Evolving AI

Face detection, identification, and comparison are all AI-based activities, and their speciality is that they are constantly evolving. AI continuously evolves to meet the changing scenarios. For example, during the peak of COVID, various companies successfully developed recognition systems that can identify masked faces. The most recent advancement in technology allows it to recognize even when more cosmetics are applied to conceal the face.

These developments will benefit all industries, especially aviation, smart cities, surveillance, and attendance tracking. Various industries can choose AI characteristics that meet their needs.

4.Routine Updates

There is a lot of cloud-based face detection APIs available in the market. These APIs regularly do security and logic updates. Mxface regularly upgrades its API to improve face search, detection, and comparison, so that we ensure comprehensive security and seamless experiences throughout the usage period.

5.Anti-spoofing techniques

Anti-spoofing strategies are necessary for many sectors, particularly the security industry. Anti-spoofing or liveness detection algorithms validate a person's identity and physical presence. For attendance tracking, this technique helps to confirm the presence of employees before the computer who are working remotely. In airports and surveillance, it helps to check whether the subject is hiding their identity or usage of cosmetics.

Read: The Rise of Facial Recognition at Airports

6.Affordable

Apart from the investment in cameras and networking, facial recognition APIs are cheap and may upgrade at any time. Mxface API offers free 2000 API transactions per day and 10000 per month during the trial period. Afterwards, users get 5 million transactions at a small cost of Rs. 0.0100/API.

7.Increased speed of authentication

Speed of authentication is crucial in all industries to increase the throughput and productivity of employees. Face recognition only takes a few seconds to authenticate a person. It offers seamless authentication.

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Final word

The aforementioned features make face recognition a seamless, fastest, and most convenient authentication solution suitable for all industries. Also, the latest developments will nurture technology in many industries.