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RealSense…ID

You may have heard about the planned acquisition of RealSense by Cognex.

Not exactly. Cognex won’t get ALL of RealSense.

“Ahead of RealSense’s previously announced definitive agreement to be acquired by Cognex, our facial authentication business will become an independent company: RealSense ID.

“The spinout is the next step in RealSense ID’s growth. As an independent company, RealSense ID will focus on biometric authentication, identity and Vision AI, with dedicated resources to support continued innovation and growth.”

Bla bla bla capitalized investors technology. At least no synergies were mentioned.

The key word is focus.

Some companies opt to focus on biometrics, while others spread themselves from biometrics to floor wax to dessert toppings.

The new RealSense ID opts for the former.

On Intent

I’ve been playing with the idea of intent (what I call “somewhat you why”) as a factor of identity verification and authentication. And although most people aren’t willing to go that far, intent analysis is becoming more important.

Biometric Update’s Chris Burt quoted RealSense Chief Marketing Officer Mike Nielsen on the company’s ID Pro. In this case, intent detection is used in a non-biometric fashion.

“We now have the ability to detect a person — not just a face — on the module.  Meaning, we can classify body parts (legs, arms, hands, feet) and estimate pose in real time, without any additional external software.  This includes which direction they are walking, how far away they are, and how quickly they are moving. This opens up an enormous opportunity for next-gen applications where you need to know the intent of a person beyond identifying their identity.  And you still get the ability to authenticate faces on the same platform.”

This is definitely NOT identity verification or authentication, but is certainly useful.

If accurate. If a system misreads intent, it can be disastrous.