The SAFR Blog
Ask the Expert: Casinos, Face Recognition, and COVID-19
We asked Sam Kljajic, a 20-plus-year worldwide veteran surveillance and security consultant in the gaming industry, six questions about facial recognition technology and what it means for the casino industry: 1. These are unique times, so let’s start there. What do...
Face masks don’t negate the benefits of facial recognition
How SAFR maintains accuracy in the age of COVID-19 By Eric Hess Senior Director of Product Management for Face Recognition & Security Solutions As we continue to adjust to social distancing mandates, more experts are now recommending wearing face masks as another...
NIST Test Confirms SAFR Delivers the Highest Effective Accuracy for Live Video
For years, we’ve seen If you see something, say something posted throughout transit hubs, reminding us that during a security event, every second counts. It also reminds us that maintaining secure spaces is a joint effort. For the more than 25 million public and...
NIST Results Once Again Demonstrate SAFR’s Consistency and Fairness Among Racial Groups
By Reza Rassool, CTO, RealNetworksWIRED recently highlighted unacceptable levels of bias in facial recognition in the article The Best Algorithms Struggle to Recognize Black Faces Equally. They cited the poor test scores of leading facial recognition...
The Fastest Facial Algorithm Just Got Faster
By Dan Grimm, GM and VP Computer Vision, RealNetworks July 19, 2019 The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducts an on-going battery of tests, known as the Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT), to measure the key characteristics of...
SAFR’s TCO Advantage: Detection at the Edge
Compared to cloud-only platforms, SAFR has a competitively lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Facial recognition industry Goliaths are no match for the strength of SAFR’s perfectly tuned algorithm — lightning-fast speed and high accuracy — and its edge...
5 Ways SAFR Is Optimized for 5G
By: Reza Rassool 5G is nearly here, already boldly transforming the way we interact with and consume media. Its increased available bandwidth can support vast amounts of data. This much-anticipated speed and connectivity have been widely reported as...
5 Ways SAFR Excels at Facial Recognition for Live Video — and Why You Should Care
wild images noun [wī(-ə)ld•im-ijz] camera-unaware faces; faces in motion in real-world conditions. See also faces in the wild. // In the April 2019 NIST results, SAFR tested as the fastest and most compact among algorithms for wild images with...
Privacy and Bias: How SAFR Tackles Top Facial Recognition Concerns
By: Reza Rassool Last month, I had the opportunity to discuss facial recognition with Steve Wong at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. As is natural to do with any emerging technology, Steve brought up some common concerns around facial recognition....
Bringing SAFR to the World
By Dan Grimm “Why did you decide to help build a facial recognition business? Isn’t that a little… scary?” I have been asked that question numerous times since leaving Amazon to lead SAFR by RealNetworks. The short answer: I believe excellent...