‘AI in Defence’: Govt develops face recognition system to see through mask, disguise

The Indian government has developed a facial recognition system that can identify anti-social elements with or without disguise, with face masks or monkey caps on, even in low-resolution images at restricted zones as well as public places.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD), in its latest report titled ‘AI in Defence’, revealed the Face Recognition System under Disguise (FRSD), along with other AI-based systems, chiefly developed for the Indian Army.

Face recognition in the wild on surveillance camera feeds is a difficult problem to solve due to the low resolution of the images captured from the cameras.