ATLANTA,None — An Atlanta company has developed a new system that uses facial recognition to clock employees in and out of work.
It’s cheat proof and is designed to improve workplace security.
Channel 2’s Diana Davis found out tens of thousands of companies all over the country are using it.
The “facein” system replaces either time cards or ID swipe cards that are now standard for almost all U.S. companies.
The new system not only keeps track of employee hours, but ends the risk of a badge being stolen by an intruder.
The company says the technology is nearly 100 percent accurate.
“It’s so accurate as to what it’s looking for. For example, with women and their bangs, if it interferes with this point, it will reject it,” according to Lathem product marketing manager Tony Burks.
The scanner has two camera lenses. Almost instantly, they scan dozens of points on the face to verify identity in 3-D.
Burks showed Davis how it works.
Looking at the eye socket, the roundness of the cheek, the roundness of the nose, lip formation and upper chin, it actually uses 60 points and facial analysis to verify users in 3-D.
The system costs about $800.
Each scanner can analyze faces of 500 employees and store 70,000 images. For workers who try to clock in and cover for a buddy who is late to work, the “facein” system can't be fooled.
“It eliminates badges and cards, so no one can actually pass their badge on to a friend and have them clock in and out,” said Burks.
The company acknowledges fears of big brother watching, but they say all of the information is digitally encoded and can’t be tampered with.