Canon automatic smile detection system

Published on 10/11/2005

We all took group photos where someone was looking elsewhere, closing their eyes, or not smiling. I usually fix this by snapping a bunch of photos at five images per second, but Canon came up with a clever solution:

They have demonstrated a system that can detect when everybody smiles, then takes the picture. Forget about it if one of your friends is an IRS inspector...

[Canada.com via newlaunches]



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