Shanghai is developing a facial recognition system to identify jaywalkers
Would-be jaywalkers in Shanghai beware! China's largest metropolis has become the latest mainland city to test a new facial recognition system to name and shame pedestrians who cross the road on a red light, Thepaper.cn reported.
During a pilot programme at a single location in late May, the system recorded more than 300 people crossing the street when they shouldn't have been, Qi Yue, an officer with the Shanghai Public Security Bureau's technology department, was quoted as saying.
TheSouth China Morning Postreported last month that similar systems had already been trialed in other Chinese cities.
"Once an offender's identity is confirmed, his or her photo will be published at a bus stop near to where the offense was committed," he said.
Would-be jaywalkers in Shanghai beware! China's largest metropolis has become the latest mainland city to test a new facial recognition system to name and shame pedestrians who cross the road on a red light, Thepaper.cn reported.
During a pilot programme at a single location in late May, the system recorded more than 300 people crossing the street when they shouldn't have been, Qi Yue, an officer with the Shanghai Public Security Bureau's technology department, was quoted as saying.
TheSouth China Morning Postreported last month that similar systems had already been trialed in other Chinese cities.
"Once an offender's identity is confirmed, his or her photo will be published at a bus stop near to where the offense was committed," he said.
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