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Face recognition software

BEIJING: China has succeeded in developing its own biometric face recognition system which can speed up the immigration process to less than 10 seconds for each passenger, according to China's police authority. Liu Shuo, official with the Ministry of Public Security, saidthe system is currently used in Shenzhen and Zhuhai cities for an automated passenger clearance system at their border crossings. ``With the combination of two kinds of biometrics, face and fingerprints, we can expect the face recognition software to be more accurate in determining that passengers are indeed the people their ID cards say they are,'' Mr. Liu said. — Xinhua

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