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12-24-2009, 11:55 AM
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| HP cameras don't track black people
I admit I've always wondered if camera/software designers ever encountered this problem.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-vGGBBPyIc http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8429634.stm Quote:
HP camera 'can't see' black faces
A YouTube video suggesting that face recognition cameras installed in HP laptops cannot detect black faces has had over one million views.
The short movie, uploaded earlier this month, features "Black Desi" and his colleague "White Wanda".
When Wanda, a white woman, is in front of the screen, the camera zooms to her face and moves as she moves.
But when Desi, a black man, does the same, the camera does not respond by tracking him.
The clip is light-hearted in tone but is titled "HP computers are racist".
"HP has been informed of a potential issue with the facial-tracking software included on some of its systems, which appears to occur when insufficient foreground lighting is available," an HP spokesman told BBC News.
"We take this seriously and are looking into it with our partners."
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12-24-2009, 11:58 AM
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hahaha !
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12-24-2009, 12:00 PM
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12-24-2009, 12:11 PM
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lol, hp computers are racist
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12-24-2009, 12:12 PM
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12-24-2009, 12:16 PM
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haha, nice.
It probably does this when there is a bright light in the background and thinks the black persons face is not a face when it tries to compensate by changing the white balance (since the colour of the face doesn't change much from black->brown vs black->white)
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12-24-2009, 12:19 PM
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12-24-2009, 12:25 PM
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12-24-2009, 12:35 PM
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12-24-2009, 01:53 PM
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12-24-2009, 02:06 PM
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12-24-2009, 02:19 PM
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Guess there aren't any black guys on the QA team for that feature.  Posted via RS Mobile | |
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12-24-2009, 05:10 PM
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ewww wanda
the camera probably had ugly detector on
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12-24-2009, 05:41 PM
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12-24-2009, 08:30 PM
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12-24-2009, 08:37 PM
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^ The thing is that the Grio's coworkers are all not as black as Black Desi, so I dunno.. | |
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12-24-2009, 09:10 PM
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The black guy that looked like little wayne? Uh i think he was just as dark
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12-24-2009, 10:13 PM
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hahaha ouch. So mean
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12-24-2009, 11:00 PM
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hp is probably right, there was hardly any foreground lighting in the original vid lol... still funny though.
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