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NEC's Face & Facial Parts Monitoring System wins CES 2024 Innovation Award in Artificial Intelligence

- Analyzes face patterns and pupil conditions to estimate vitals and mental states -

Tokyo, November 17, 2023 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced that its "Face & Facial Parts Monitoring System," a solution that uses the world's most accurate face recognition technology (*) to enable mobile devices to analyze face patterns and pupil conditions in order to estimate vitals and mental states, has won a CES 2024 Innovation Award in Artificial Intelligence.

*Design and functions are subject to change as this product is still under development

About CES and the CES Innovation Awards
CES® is one of the world's largest technology trade shows and is organized by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, a trade association representing the digital technology industry. CES 2024 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, from January 9 to 12, 2024.

The CES Innovation Awards program recognizes outstanding design and engineering in digital technology products in conjunction with CES. Under this program, products are judged and scored by category, and two levels of awards (Honoree and Best of Innovation) are presented. For the 2024 fiscal year, award winners were selected based on criteria such as functionality, design and uniqueness. NEC received an "Honoree" award in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) category, given to the products with the category’s highest scores.

CES 2024 Innovation Awards
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Background on the Face & Facial Parts Monitoring System
In recent years, individuals have been taking greater interest in personal wellness. As part of this, in addition to regular doctor visits, individuals are increasingly using wearable devices, such as watches, that collect and monitor a wide range of health information. However, in order to be effective, wearable devices are required to be put on and taken off, to be charged and repaired when needed, and it is said that many users do not wear them often enough.

The Face & Facial Parts Monitoring System being developed by NEC is based on facial recognition technology that enables non-contact analysis through a smartphone camera that takes just 10 to 60 seconds, which allows users to easily and conveniently monitor their present condition. The product is expected to be released in fiscal 2024 or later.

Features of the Face & Facial Parts Monitoring System

  1. Combined analysis of eye movement and pupil response
    By analyzing the minute eye movements caused by involuntary eye muscle contractions, it is possible to more accurately estimate the state of an individual’s body and mind.
  2. Easy monitoring of daily health
    The solution can be easily used every day, as it does not require anything to be worn on the body and can conduct analysis through a smartphone camera in just 10 to 60 seconds.
  3. Early detection of abnormality signs
    Users can detect signs of abnormality early with ongoing daily analysis of wellness and risk management.
  4. World-class biometric identification and security technology
    Developed based on NEC's face recognition technology, which is the core technology of "Bio-IDiom," NEC's portfolio of biometric identification solutions, and boasts the world's No.1 accuracy. User privacy is also ensured through the use of security technologies such as secret biometric authentication and cancelable biometric authentication.
*Design and functions are subject to change as this product is still under development

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Note:
  • (*)
    NEC ranked No.1 numerous times as the world's most accurate face recognition technology in vendor tests conducted by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Evaluation results do not represent recommendations by the U.S. government for specific products.
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