Remote iris scanning technology comes out, fingerprint recognition OUT

It is not uncommon for car owners who often drive in the United States to meet police on the highway and ask them to park to check their documents. Generally speaking, when the police car immediately behind your car sounds the alarm, and then asks you to park by the loudspeaker, they will first search your license plate information through the on-board computer, and then they will get out of the police car and approach the deputy from the rear. Drive aside. If there is a suspect in the vehicle being inspected and carries a gun, the police will undoubtedly face a huge life threat.
In fact, this case of malicious assault on the police occurred in Long Island, a suburb of New York City earlier this year. At that time, a police officer from the Suffolk community was hit and injured by a suspect during a routine inspection on the road, and subsequent investigation revealed that the suspect happened to be a "known member of a local gang."
In this regard, Mario Savio, a professor of engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, said a few days ago that he may have found a solution to this problem. Because he discovered a remote iris scanning technology, this technology allows the police to quickly read the iris information of the owner when he accidentally scans the rearview mirror of the vehicle. In other words, the advent of this technology allows the police to know whether there is a dangerous person in the target vehicle before stepping out of the police car.
Endless potential
Savio said that this is the world's first effective long-range iris scanning technology. Simply put, the human eye is made up of three parts: sclera, iris, and pupil. The sclera is the white part of the outer periphery of the eyeball, which accounts for about 30% of the total area; the center of the eye is the pupil part, which accounts for about 5%; Say it is as unique as the retina or fingerprint.
Specifically, the iris shape of the human body can remain unchanged for decades. On the other hand, the iris is visible from the outside, but at the same time it belongs to the internal tissue, located behind the cornea. If you want to change the appearance of the iris, very delicate surgery is required, and you risk risk of vision damage. Therefore, the high uniqueness, stability and unchangeable characteristics of the iris have long been used as the material basis for identification.
"Typically, fingerprint recognition technology requires the user ’s finger to touch the recognition device. However, iris scanning can achieve this within a certain distance, so the overall user experience of this technology will be more comfortable and natural. Same as other All scanning devices are different. This long-distance iris scanning technology does not require you to stand in a machine for identification, nor does you need to stand in a specific 'X' position, because you only need to be within 6-12 meters. This detection device can successfully obtain your iris information and the entire face contour. "Savio said.
Carnegie Mellon University said that this technology can be applied to many practical fields in addition to the police field. For example, people's iris information can completely replace government-issued ID cards and other documents, and make the login system in traditional notebooks obsolete. Savio believes that the existing password protection mechanism is completely outdated, and almost everyone hopes to reduce the possibility of the police being attacked during routine inspections on the road as much as possible. ]
Worries
However, the emergence of this technology has also caused people to worry about the privacy and security issues that the government may have after misusing this technology. For example, the government can use this technology to scan the iris information of every pedestrian on the city ’s streets and have a clear grasp of each person ’s specific whereabouts, whether he is driving, walking, or passing through security at the airport.
In this regard, Savio believes that there are many more things in the world that deserve to be worried about.
"I often hear people say" Oh, now other people can follow me through biological information ". But this is not the case, because the cost of this approach is too high. And, people can already The outside world tracks their every move through credit card transactions and various types of membership card information. If someone really wants to do this, they do not need to rely on this novel facial recognition or iris recognition technology to do this, because They already have the ability to do this. "Savio said.
At the same time, some American media pointedly pointed out that the practical application of this technology will also make it more difficult for some innocent political activists to escape from the areas occupied by the opposition regime.
"I'm very happy that the media put forward this assumption. In fact, I just discussed this topic with a non-profit organization. At present, a serious problem facing the world is the problem of human trafficking, and many children are Kidnapping and trafficking to foreign countries. If we establish a system at the national borders that can identify human trafficking, it is believed that many governments will be very interested in this system, because this system will become a powerful weapon to effectively control human trafficking. In fact, human trafficking incidents are not uncommon in every country, and if this technology I invented can help save more trafficked children, I will be able to sleep more steadily at night. ”Savio added Road.
In addition, the non-profit organization Seraphim Global, which is headquartered in Virginia and dedicated to solving the problem of human trafficking, said that it has already contacted Savio about cooperation in this area.
Practical range
It should be said that iris scanning technology has been put into practical use in many countries around the world. For example, the US police have used this technique to record criminal iris information for at least 4 years.
"Every prisoner in our prison is wearing an orange jumpsuit, so they look very similar. So before the prisoner is released from prison, we all need to compare their iris information with our database to ensure That's right. "Massachusetts is a spokesman for Plymouth County County Prison in an interview with Reuters in 2011.
Around around 2011, the Indian government began to collect iris information for each citizen and issued them with a unique identification number. At the same time, the United Arab Emirates scanned the iris information of all inbound and outbound people as early as 10 years ago.
In fact, because iris scanning technology has been more supported in the United States since it is more obvious when deployed and used than other information recognition technologies.
"This technology requires a certain degree of collaboration when it is used, so it will be very conspicuous, which means that people will know clearly that we are collecting their iris information." CEO of an iris scanning technology company said in an interview in 2011.
Savio said that if this technology succeeds in the future, his team will continue to research to make it cheaper and easier to use.
"Hollywood works have been discrediting this technology all the time, but the purpose of my development of this technology is to improve social development and save lives." Savio finally said.
It is not uncommon for car owners who often drive in the United States to meet police on the highway and ask them to park to check their documents. Generally speaking, when the police car immediately behind your car sounds the alarm, and then asks you to park by the loudspeaker, they will first search your license plate information through the on-board computer, and then they will get out of the police car and approach the deputy from the rear Drive aside. If there is a suspect in the vehicle being inspected and carries a gun, the police will undoubtedly face a huge life threat.