Our work on matching thermal images to normal visible photographs for identifying faces captured at night-time received a lot of press/media attention. See the paper titled Deep Perceptual Mapping for Cross-Modal Face Recognition published in Internationl Jornal of Computer Vision (IJCV).


Media Coverage

How AI is helping to build next-gen thermal imaging

Researchers in Germany have just made lurking in the dark much harder. mehr...
Dec 2015 issue, WIRED Magazine, UK

Facial recognition tool 'works in darkness'

Two scientists at a German university have developed a tool which recognises a person's face in complete darkness. mehr...

30.07.15, BBC News

The latest facial recognition technology works in the dark

It's getting harder and harder to get away from the cameras these days,,  mehr...                                                                                                                                                                        30.07.15, Science Alert

MIT Technology Review

Matching an infrared image of a face to its visible light counterpart is a difficult task, but one that deep networks are now coming to grips with. mehr...

24.07.15, MIT Technology Review

Face Recognition Method Works in Utter Darkness

If perfected, face recognition technology could aid law enforcement with spotting known terrorists or other criminals walking through a mall or an airport, for example. So far, however, the technology has not been perfected. mehr...
29.07.2015 18:55, Discovery News

Futuristic thermal cameras can recognize your face in the dark

The surveillance cameras of the future don't need light to see your face.. mehr ..

05.08.15, The DailyDot

Infrarotbild innerhalb von 35 Millisekunden erkennen

Ein Infrarotbild lässt sich von Software schwerer erkennen als, mehr...

19.08.15, Elektronik Praxis Germany

Digitales Verbrechen: So lohnenswert wie noch nie, kommt jetzt dem dunklen Algorithmus Abhilfe?

Es lohnt sich kriminell zu seinmehr..

06.08.15, DotComSecurity Germany

German Facial Recognition Technology Can Determine A Person's Identity In The Dark

German computer scientists proved that there is really nowhere one can hide with a discovery of a technology that can recognize a person's face even in darkness.mehr ..

30.07.15, Headlines & Global News

Nova técnica de reconhecimento facial identifica rostos até mesmo no escuro

Pesquisadores desenvolveram uma técnica para reconhecer rostos usando a assinatura térmica, o que abre a possibilidade de reconhecimento facial mesmo no escuro. Ou seja, computadores conseguirão identificar você mesmo à noite. mehr..

30.07.15, GIZMODO Brazil

Facial recognition technology can identify people in darkness

Criminals operating under the cover of darkness had better watch out. Computer scientists have developed a technology that can recognise a person’s face and identify them in poor lighting and even total darkness. mehr...
30.07.2015 09:30, Citifmonline

New tech allows face recognition in utter darkness

German researchers have developed a new technology that can identify a person in poor lighting or even in absolute darkness thus potentially solving one of the main issues of the modern face recognition systems. mehr...
30.07.2015 15:23, Before It's News

La reconnaissance faciale, ça marche aussi dans le noir

Deux chercheurs allemands ont mis au point une technologie capable de pratiquer une reconnaissance faciale dans l'obscurité.

29.07.15, Liberation Sciences, France

Nowhere to hide: Facial recognition technology can identify people in complete DARKNESS by reading thermal signatures

Computer scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, developed the new technique that reads a person’s thermal signature It makes deductions in a similar way to the human brain to analyse infrared images and match them with ordinary photos It's 10 per cent more accurate than the mehr...
29.07.2015 17:03, Mail On Sunday

Nowhere to hide: Facial recognition technology can identify people in complete DARKNESS by reading thermal signatures

Computer scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, developed the new technique that reads a person’s thermal signature It makes deductions in a similar way to the human brain to analyse infrared images and match them with ordinary photos It's 10 per cent more accurate than the mehr...
29.07.2015 17:03, Daily Mail Online

Nowhere to hide: Facial recognition technology can identify people in complete DARKNESS by reading thermal signatures

Criminals operating under the cover of darkness had better watch out. Computer scientists have developed a technology that can recognise a person’s face and identify them in poor lighting and even total darkness. mehr...
29.07.2015 17:03, Thisismoney.co.uk

Nowhere to hide: Facial recognition technology can identify people in complete DARKNESS by reading thermal signatures

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29.07.2015 16:03, Daily Mail (eClips Web)

New technology can indentify faces in darkness

CANADA: German researchers have developed a new technology that can identify a person in poor lighting or even in absolute darkness thus potentially solving one of the main issues of the modern face recognition systems. mehr...
29.07.2015 14:33, Customs Today

New tech allows face recognition in utter darkness

(Before It's News) © Jung Yeon-je / Reuters 1.8K275 German researchers have developed a new technology that can identify a person in poor lighting or even in absolute darkness thus potentially solving one of the main issues of the modern face recognition systems. mehr...
29.07.2015 14:11, Before It's News

Researchers develop facial recognition method that works in the dark

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28.07.2015 21:26, BiometricUpdate.com

Out of Shadows: New tech allows face recognition in utter darkness

(Before It's News) This post was originally published on this site German researchers have developed a new technology that can identify a person in poor lighting or even in absolute darkness thus potentially solving one of the main issues of the modern face recognition systems. mehr...
28.07.2015 20:41, Before It's News

Nowhere to hide: Facial recognition technology can identify people in complete DARKNESS by reading thermal signatures

Computer scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, developed the new technique that reads a person’s thermal signature (right). mehr...
28.07.2015 18:28, Singapore News

Deep neural network can match infrared facial images to those taken naturally

A pair of researchers affiliated with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Institute of Anthropomatics & Robotics has created a deep neural network application that is able to successfully match faces recorded using infrared light with those taken using natural lighting. M. mehr...
28.07.2015 15:00, Phys.org

Deep neural network can match infrared facial images to those taken naturally

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28.07.2015 14:00, e! Science News

Facial Recognition Now Works In The Dark

Isopix / REX Shutterstock Facial recognition tech has been eating its carrots: new developments mean that it can now tell who’s who in the dark. The new technique, developed by researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, uses the heat from your face to tell who you are. mehr...
28.07.2015 09:09, Sports - Yahoo! News UK

Facial recognition tech that works in the dark could be used for “large surveillance”

Those working in surveillance probably don’t need any more creepy ways to be able to watch over us. But researchers in Germany have created a way to allow facial recognition technology to be able to identify us at night – based off the heat in our faces.. mehr...

28.07.2015,  Factor Magazine

There's a New Technique for Facial Recognition That Works in the Dark

Researchers have developed a technique for recognizing faces using their thermal signature, opening the door for facial recognition even in the dark. Now computers can tell who you are, even at night. mehr...
28.07.2015 08:00, Gizmodo UK

There's A New Technique For Facial Recognition That Works In The Dark

Researchers have developed a technique for recognising faces using their thermal signature, opening the door for facial recognition even in the dark. Now computers can tell who you are, even at night. mehr...
28.07.2015 03:00, Gizmodo Australia

New Facial Recognition System Works In The Dark

For years, facial-recognition technology has become more and more popular. Even just a few years ago, facial recognition sounded like pure science fiction – now it's being used to automatically tag your Facebook photos. mehr...
28.07.2015 02:15, Tech Times

There's a New Technique for Facial Recognition That Works in the Dark

Researchers have developed a technique for recognizing faces using their thermal signature, opening the door for facial recognition even in the dark. Now computers can tell who you are, even at night. mehr...
27.07.2015 21:25, Gizmodo India


RT

Neural network performs facial recognition in infra-red images

German scientists developed a deep neural network that enables facial recognition for infrared surveillance ... mehr... 

28.07.15, Planet Biometrics

Deep Machine Learning Tackles Infrared Facial Recognition

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany are working on a deep machine learning system that can match the faces from infrared cameras to their visible light counterparts. mehr ..

28.07.15, FIND BIOMETRICS