The robbers are captured by facial recognition technology

Facial recognition technology has been used to identify and convict an armed robber.

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Pierre D Martin, 35, has been photographed and shot while gunning for the assets of two men in various attacks in 2013. These images were then processed through NeoFace , a chapter The facial recognition computer was purchased by Chicago police for $ 5.4 million.

NeoFace consulted the face of the criminal with 4.5 million photographs in the police database. Previously, Martin had been convicted of using illegal weapons and possession of stolen cars. His image has been in the police database since 2009.

Witnesses of the attacks later identified Martin as well. Even a judge has found Martin guilty of robbing a 20-year-old man listening to music on headphones at the train station on February 9, 2013. He approached the victim from the back, pulled out the gun and asked the victim to take the phone. Earlier, Martin had stolen a phone from another victim at the station.

Martin was the first person to be convicted of the facial identification software of Chicago police. Anita Alvarez, a lawyer, said: "This case is a good example of high tech tools that help improve the efficiency of criminal identification."