Definition

1. Noun:
   • The visual perception of familiar faces: The cognitive ability of a person to identify a known individual by looking at their facial features.
   • Biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces: A technology that analyzes facial features from an image or video to verify or identify a person by comparing it to a stored database.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • His face recognition was impaired after the accident, making it hard to identify friends.
  • The security system uses advanced face recognition to grant access to authorized personnel.
  • Face recognition is a common feature for unlocking modern smartphones.

Advanced Usage

• "to undergo face recognition": to be processed or analyzed by facial recognition technology.
  • All visitors to the high-security facility must undergo face recognition at the gate.
• "face recognition software/system": a specific application or technological setup designed for facial identification.
  • The airport installed new face recognition systems to streamline passenger boarding.

Variants and Related Words

• Facial recognition: A common synonym and variant term with identical meaning.
  • Facial recognition technology is becoming increasingly widespread.
• Face scan (n): The act or instance of capturing facial data for recognition purposes.
  • The device performs a quick face scan to authenticate the user.

Synonyms

• Facial identification: The process of determining a person's identity from their face.
• Biometric facial analysis: The technical examination of facial characteristics for identification.

Related Phrases

• Face recognition algorithm: The set of computational rules used to analyze and match facial patterns.
  • The accuracy of the system depends on its face recognition algorithm.
• Face recognition database: The library of known facial templates used for comparison.
  • The police expanded their face recognition database with new images.

Noun

1. the visual perception of familiar faces
2. biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces
   • they used face recognition to spot known terrorists