Face detection finds where faces are, returning a box per face. It is distinct from recognition, which adds identity. Detection alone powers auto-framing, face blur for privacy, and headcount, and carries lighter legal weight than recognition under the EU AI Act.
The book · Volume 6 of 7
AI for Video: A Complete Guide to Intelligence in Video Products: From Models and Inference to Computer Vision, Speech, Search, and Generative Video
Face detection is the step that auto-framing, privacy blur and headcount all depend on, and misses in low light break them. This volume covers face detection in depth in its computer vision section: detectors and bounding boxes, tracking, model artifacts, and edge versus cloud deployment. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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