CyberLink Corp., an artificial intelligence and facial recognition manufacturer has integrated its FaceMe AI facial recognition engine into ASUS's Tinker Board 2 computer to help improve security for the retail, public service and hospitality industries, among others.

ASUS IoT and CyberLink's FaceMe team, created a solution that provides ready-to-use, fully integrated capabilities for security, access control, visitor management and contactless experiences, according to a company press release.

In addition, ASUS IoT Tinker Board 2 supports the Android 10 operating system. Tinker Board 2 can also connect to wired and wireless devices, and support dual 4K screen output, ideal for digital signage, kiosks, point-of-sale and access-control systems.

"Facial recognition is one of the most popular technologies powering an exponentially growing set of IoT solutions in a booming market," Dr. Jau Huang, CEO of CyberLink, said in the release. "We are honored to partner with ASUS, a world leader in computer hardware for IoT, and provide solutions with FaceMe, one of the most accurate and flexible facial recognition SDK in the world."

The Face Recognition Edge AI Dev Kit, which includes both FaceMe and Tinker Board 2, can be used as a digital-signage solution to perform real-time face detection and determine attributes such as age, gender and emotion, providing valuable data on visitor traffic that can be used for statistics or ad personalization, according to the release. For the hospitality industry, the kit can enable hotel check-in kiosks to identify enrolled loyalty members for a quicker check-in process.

"Edge AI is now a key piece of future technology in AIoT applications in various markets," Kuowei Chao, general manager of the ASUS IoT business unit, said in the release. "ASUS IoT is thrilled to be collaborating with CyberLink, a world-leading AI facial-recognition technology company, by integrating solutions with Tinker Board 2, our powerful SBC that, compared with competing SBC products, offers significantly improved performance – making it ideal for retail, healthcare and security industries."

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