Scientists from the U.S. Navy to develop some nice binoculars, through which it will be possible to identify a person from a distance of 200 meters. Moreover, the very recognition will occur in the iris of the eye, which, as we know, is individual for each person. The new system will scan it from a safe distance to the observer.
About to see well at a distance, people have always dreamed of. The Arabs have trained their farsightedness archers, forcing them to look at the stars. Indians of North America, and a fun way to know at all, who later used in the preparation of Professor Bates method of vision correction. However, no matter how perfect vision of the person, it is still limited his mobility. In addition, even if the person called Hawkeye - remains the problem of recognition. Very often a person needs to not only see, but also to understand - and what it is or who it is?
One way to distinguish friend from foe today is a retinal scan, which has exactly the same parameters are strictly individual, like fingerprints. However, in order to do that, people in the literal sense of the word should look into the eyepiece of the respective device, that is to come close to him. However, a much better deal in every way to learn about one in front of you or the enemy at a distance ...
At first glance, this is not possible, however, the progress of science and technology is now such steps that are likely in the near future and will be able to that. Thus, under the non-competition contract with the California biometric company StereoVision Imaging, U.S. Navy expect to receive from her wireless three-dimensional face recognition system acting at a distance.
This should be a scanner glass, arranged in such a way as to distinguish between the iris at a distance of 100-200 meters! Planned during the 15-month probationary period to teach the new scanners binoculars in the daytime scan of the human eye on this distance. In this case, after scanning binoculars will transmit the results wirelessly to a database for the identification of the observed target.
Of course, in addition to scanning a new pair of binoculars will also perform their normal functions of observation. Military stress that the new system is not meant to be shared (integration) with a weapon, but is merely a tool for the identification of the person, albeit a perfect one.
Although developed by the project seems, at least, fantastic (so very little purpose to be watching this scanner), appropriate technology for its development already exists. And it was done exactly in the company StereoVision Imaging, that, in fact, explains why she got this military order.
Binocular system called 3DMobileID today already copes with face detection from a distance of up to 100 meters, with the system first pictures of the face, then puts the image on the blue background and compares it with the laid in her database. Iris scan should significantly improve its reliability. Moreover, it is possible that new technology can be used in automated databases that collect information on the Internet, through the recognition of the people in the photographs.
Currently, biometric scanners, based on the recognition pattern of the iris, are widely used in Afghanistan in the protection of military facilities. However, modern scanners require that the audited while approaching close to the verifier, which can be fatal, especially if the checked-suicide martyr. Remote system will scan the iris of the eye from a safe distance, as well as to conduct covert surveillance in crowded places such as markets or busy streets, and so imperceptibly catch people to be detained.
