Persuading computers to recognize people by Peter Gwynne Humans find it difficult to compete with computers in several skills. We take far longer than our PCS or laptops to solve mathematical problems, pull together words and images, and even look up a number in a telephone directory.
Computers have a very tough time recognizing any human, let alone identifying their owners.
Imagine trying to communicate with another person and all you can do is poke them or shove them. The positions of the people, keyboard, and furniture are computed from camera views of the room. Shafer's group wants to give computers the ability to understand and communicate with people more effectively. The idea is that a computer would recognize its user once he or she enters a room. Having done so, the computer would follow the user's commands.