Throughout our tour at CES 2018, we come across technology that either just excites most or more likely to astound. This company borders on a breakthrough as it promises to make 3D Face recognition available for Google Android.
While Apple has the bragging right for a successful commercial implementaion of the 3D face recognition feature on the Apple iPhone X, Bellus3D demonstrated its implementation which incorporates a built-in integrated dual-sensor structured light front-facing depth camera.
Bellus3D worked closely with Spreadtrum to define and implement a dual-sensor structured light depth camera module that captures up to 200,000 3D points with sub-millimeter depth accuracy. The new reference design contains two NIR sensors and a structured light projector, and offers greater depth resolution than the single-sensor structured light camera design deployed by Apple iPhone X. It enables smartphone manufacturers to use off-the-shelf components to reduce costs and streamlines smartphone manufacturing by relaxing the tight calibration tolerances associated with single-sensor structured light depth camera module designs. In addition, Bellus3D software can automatically re-calibrate the depth camera module after a smartphone is accidentally dropped, which otherwise may require the product to be returned to the manufacturer for repair.
During a demo here at CES 2018, the system consists of a 15-second scanning process where the user turns his or her head to the left and then to the right, followed by an immediate on-screen view of the scanned face in 3D — enabling the user to completely rotate, zoom and see their lifelike face in three dimensions with high-resolution detail. The 3D face model can be exported in a standard 3D file format to other applications for additional processing or display. The promise of making 3D face recognition available on Android OS that Bellus3D demonstrated is a preview of new capabilities being brought to market for mobile phones that will enable new applications beyond unlocking a smartphone with face ID.
Bellus3D is demonstrating this newly integrated smartphone capability as well as exhibiting the now available Face Camera Pro accessory camera for Google Android phone and tablets.
