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Ezalor 3D Face Recognition Access Control by Huachao Gong Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design
Huachao Gong honored for security, safety and surveillance products design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Ezalor 3D Face Recognition Access Control by Huachao Gong, designed for Sciedi Technology Co., Ltd., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Ezalor 3D Face Recognition Access Control
Meet the multiple sensor and camera access control system, Ezalor. Algorithms and local computing are engineered for privacy. The financial level anti-spoofing technology prevents the of fake-face masks. Soft reflective lighting brings comfort. In the blink of an eye, users can access the place they love with ease. Its no-touch authentication ensures hygiene.
About Huachao Gong
Gong Huachao is a creative, hard-working designer with a deep passion for design. He has been winning design awards since he was a student. Through years of unremitting efforts, he eventually turned the international award-winning design ideas into products and sold them all over the world. As the son of a well-known Chinese jade sculptor, he optimized his design works like carving crafts. In 2011, Gong invented a new sensory input solution, won the award "Reddot: best of the best" for the highest design quality, expressing innovation in form and function in an exemplary manner.
Award Record
Huachao Gong is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design Award
The A' Security Products Design Award is an international product design competition recognizing good security products by best designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to security products designers, industrial designers, security equipment manufacturers and surveillance products manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include CCTV cameras, alarm systems, access controls, biometric scanners, surveillance drones and security locks. The awarded security products designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/security-products
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/97815
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/97815
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!97815
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/261733
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ezalor 3D Face Recognition Access Control
- Function
- 3D Face Recognition Access Control
- Category
- Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Social Impact
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Black, Light Gray, Dark Gray and Gray
- Images
- 4
- Client
- Sciedi Technology Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Huachao Gong
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #97815
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- 1. 3D face recognition terminals embedded with deep-learning algorithms for access control in office scenarios. 2. 3D structured light and IR technology for dual liveness detection to achieve fast face recognition and identity verification. 3. Soft diffusely reflected light to ensure reliable performance and improve user’s experience by avoiding direct strong light. 4. User-friendly design - 4.5-inch color LCD screen with voice prompt, and no-touch authentication for the ultimate in hygiene.
- Inspiration
- Face recognition access control accuracy is affected by light. Users have to look into the strong light dozens of times a day, making their eyes very uncomfortable. Our algorithm and camera allow accurate recognition in extremely dim environments. so we only need diffusely reflected light to meet our needs. Soft light enhances comfort. The financial level anti-spoofing ability shut out the fake-face. It offers high-level security and ergonomic simplicity that fits effortlessly into your life.
- Research
- This product uses 3D face recognition technology with high recognition accuracy and can prevent deception by non-live images. It can thwart attacks with 2D printed faces, photographs, 3D face masks, 3D head models and recorded videos. 2D face recognition algorithms have reached an accuracy rate of 99.80%, according to the test result of the face recognition algorithm Insightface on the LFW database. The recognition accuracy rate is even comparable to that of humans. Limitations, however, do exist, mainly arising from data loss in 2D information, making it hard to fully read a real face and causing issues in face recognition and liveness detection accuracy.
- Challenge
- The most difficult part of the product design lies in developing miniature 3D depth cameras, efficiently calculating the depth of objects from the screen and running face recognition algorithms on a low-power embedded platform to ensure better user experience. To solve these problems, the Ezalor team conducted a series of experiments for overall solution design and hardware selection and designed a new set of deep reconstruction algorithms for the embedded platform. While ensuring accuracy, the reconstruction time is reduced to one-fifth of the original.
- Realization and Technology
- To distinguish it from the glare-filling method of direct light sources commonly used in the traditional system, we have adopted a circle of diffuse reflection surfaces to achieve well-distributed and soft fill-in light. After repeated experiments on the curved surface design and spraying effect of the fill light surface, as well as verification tests on numerous prototypes, we found a spraying technique to reflect light sources and an optimal curvature that can fully illuminate the human face and still be soft and comfortable on the eyes. The device adopts a durable and easy structural design, which can be mass-produced at a lower mold cost.
- Operation and Interaction
- When the user approaches the device, it automatically starts to recognize faces. If the light is dim, it will gradually glow. Intuitive setup and use can reduce staff costs in the long run. Face data is encrypted and stored locally, and the recognition process does not require networking to ensure privacy. 1. Setup: -Access login interface through mobile phone App. -Register information. -Add 3D face access control device. 2. Access with face recognition.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project began in September 2019 in Beijing and will be completed in March 2020.
- Keywords
- Face recognition access control, 3D structured light camera, face recognition, face access control, liveness detection, financial security level
