Fujitsu develops technology to recognize people using walking gestures

According to Japanese media reports, Fujitsu has developed a new technology that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze walking characteristics to identify people. Even without a face, the technology can identify people based on gestures alone.

It is reported that Fujitsu expects that this technology will help to find elderly people with dementia who are missing through the images of surveillance cameras, and strive to put it into practical use in 2023. Like fingerprint and face authentication, it may be used as personal identification in the future.

It is understood that after a test of 1,700 people in Fuji, the walking posture was photographed with 5 cameras, the position information of hands, feet and joints was collected, and features such as stride length and hand-waving method were captured by AI, and they were able to distinguish themselves with an accuracy of about 90%. .

The person in charge of Fujitsu said: "Everyone's way of walking has its own characteristics, and it will not be easily changed. We will promote research and development while fully considering privacy." Therefore, even if you wear a thick coat or change your hairstyle, you can recognize it, and you can also deal with different situations. clear image.