When we started Kairos in 2012, the perception of face recognition was firmly in the realms of science fiction and marred by Orwellian stereotypes. We'll admit, at times, even we questioned our own mission. We quietly thought: 'Is face recognition really going to take-off?'
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Fast forward to today — face recognition has now legitimately broken into the mainstream. Buoyed by some of the biggest brands in the world rolling out their own offerings, it's an exciting time for the market. Those early fears are now evaporating as the benefits become more and more tangible.
In September of 2017, Apple established a new benchmark for the application of face recognition. The shift from TouchID (fingerprint) to FaceID (face verification) on the iPhone X, shows just how important their five face recognition acquisitions since 2010[1] have been.
Taken at Face value
Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Facebook (to name but a few) have put face recognition at the core of their business strategies. Some, adding it to their customer-facing platforms alongside other ML (machine learning) features such as speech, text, and image analysis.
Yet, it may surprise you to learn that the companies above initially purchased their face recognition capabilities. In an effort accelerate their face analysis offerings, they have been steadily taking face recognition startups off the market.
So, here's our pick of ten notable face recognition acquisitions — I list each startup, with some blurb I found online, and their acquisition details.
#1 Face.com
'The company was established in 2009, and maintained an office in Tel Aviv, Israel with 10 employees. Face.com developed and released two Facebook applications: Photo Finder and Photo Tagger. Photo Finder allowed users to find untagged pictures of themselves as well as friends on Facebook and then tag those photos. Photo Tagger enabled bulk-tagging of faces that appear in multiple photos uploaded to the Facebook website. On June 18, 2012, the company announced that it has been acquired by Facebook. It was also announced that they were winding up their API's to focus on new Facebook products.' (Wikipedia)
Acquired by Facebook
2012 • $55–60MM (estimated)
Read more on TechCrunch
#2 RealFace
'RealFace's website is currently offline, but according to promotional material, the startup had developed a unique facial recognition technology that integrates artificial intelligence and 'brings back human perception to digital processes'. RealFace's software is said to use proprietary IP in the field of 'frictionless face recognition' that allows for rapid learning from facial features.' (MacRumors)
Acquired by Facebook
2017 • Undisclosed
Read more on Business Insider
#3 AIMatter
'AIMatter is the startup behind Fabby, a mobile application which uses artificial intelligence to boost self-taken photos with a range of creative effects, such as tone adjustment, colors, masks, backgrounds, and makeup designs.' (Crunchbase)
Acquired by Facebook
2017 • Undisclosed
Read more on TechCrunch
#4 Orbeus
'Orbeus taps the power of deep learning to provide scalable image and face recognition solutions for businesses and consumers. With expertise in state-of-the-art machine learning and ImageNet (award winners in 2013 and 2014), Orbeus understands both the tremendous value and limitations, of a purely academic approach for everyday uses. Orbeus bridges this gap to meet identification requirements has developed what could be the best application yet for letting everyday consumers benefit from advances in deep learning, called PhotoTime, which got featured by Apple store and mass media.' (Crunchbase)
Acquired by Amazon
2016 • Undisclosed
Read more on Bloomberg
#5 Emotient
'Emotient is the leading authority on automated facial expression recognition and analysis, designed to enable emotionally aware technologies that are redefining the future of personal computing. Our technology began in the academic world as the Machine Perception Lab at University of California, San Diego. Our founders are widely regarded as spearheading the use of machine learning for facial expression analysis, a new category of a natural user interface that is rapidly expanding as more companies seek to improve technology responsiveness and increase customer engagement. Our proprietary methodology sets the industry standard for accuracy and real-time delivery of facial expression data and analysis.' (Crunchbase)
Acquired by Apple
Proceeding back mac os. 2016 • Undisclosed
Read more on WSJ
#6 Msqrd
'Masquerade Technologies, Inc. provides software solutions for videoconferencing platforms, customer service centers utilizing live video for customer interaction, and other systems and services that rely on live video feed. Its products include Masquerade Face Tracking and 3D Effects Rendering SDK that allows to integrate video filters into iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac OS X applications; MSQRD, an application that allows to make a video adding filters to faces and share it through social networks and messengers; Filters Store that enables designers to create a filter and place it in the public filters directory; and Masquerade Editor, a tool that allows graphic designers to edit a filter in real time. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Minsk, Belarus.' (Bloomberg)
Acquired by Facebook
2016 • Undisclosed
Read more on TechCrunch
#7 Looksery
'Looksery is an American software and photography company founded in 2013 by Victor Shaburov and Yurii Monastyrshin, based in San Francisco and owned by Snap Inc. The company developed the Looksery application that does facial modification of photos in real time on mobile platforms. The company has offices in Russia, the United States and Ukraine.' (Wikipedia)
Acquired by Snap Killed in action mac os.
2015 • $150MM
Read more on TechCrunch
#8 FacioMetrics
'FacioMetrics develops facial analysis software for mobile applications. FacioMetrics was started to respond to the increasing interest and demand for facial image analysis — with all kinds of applications including augmented/virtual reality, animation, audience reaction measurement, and others. We began our research at Carnegie Mellon University developing state-of-the-art computer vision and machine learning algorithms for facial image analysis. Over time, we have successfully developed and integrated this cutting-edge technology into battery-friendly and efficient mobile applications, and also created new applications of this technology.' (Crunchbase)
Acquired by Facebook
2016 • Undisclosed
Read more on The Verge
#9 Viewdle
'Viewdle is a Ukrainian facial recognition company. Google was reportedly close to closing a deal to buy the company for between $30 to $45 million in October 2012.' (Wikipedia)
Acquired by Google
2012 • $30–45MM (estimated)
Read more on The Next Web
#10 IMRSV ('Immersive')
'IMRSV is a technology company using computer vision for real-world, real-time data analysis. IMRSV's Cara software is a breakthrough in perceptive computing. Cara turns any webcam into an intelligent sensor enabling new methods of interacting with objects and spaces. Using a basic webcam, anyone can anonymously measure audience gender, age, attention time and glances in real-world environments. Use cases include adaptive advertising, retail analytics, and internet of things applications. Based in New York City with offices in Singapore.' (Crunchbase)
Acquired by Kairos
2015 • $2.7MM
Read more on Forbes
Transforming businesses with face recognition
Whilst Kairos remains determinedly independent (we have big plans) — it's great to see so many face recognition startups contributing to the strategic plans of the big guys!
If you are interested in getting to know Kairos and the benefits of face recognition or have some questions about this page, feel free to send us a message — we'd love to hear from you.
Alternatively, you can learn more at Kairos.com.
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[1] CB Insights: Apple M&A Timeline: Acquisitions in AR/VR, AI, & Computer Vision Stand Out
Ben Virdee-Chapman
Ben is the CDO & Head of Product at Kairos, a Human Analytics platform that radically changes how companies understand people.
Ben Virdee-Chapman
Ben is the CDO & Head of Product at Kairos, a Human Analytics platform that radically changes how companies understand people.
Starting release 1.6.2.0 of the ka_bst software (customization 008), KAIROS has special module named KAIROS-HAM which is targeted to make support of communications with BrandMeister DMR Server via special brand new External DMR Access Subsystem. This subsystem can be managed since the release 0.9.167 of the KAIROS_Manager Remote Control Tool.
- 1RadioActivity KAIROS
- 2CronosAgent
- 2.2Configuration
- 3Repeater Configuration
- 4Issues with connectivity
RadioActivity KAIROS
Important Note
- KAIROS_Manager before v1.6.7 can't access a KAIROS-HAM, while since this version you can access both a KAIROS and a KAIROS-HAM
- for KAIROS-HAM, the model type of KAIROS can be KA-160 or KA-450 only, no other models are admitted; if you upload this ka_bst software on another model, the KAIROS will look dead
- the ka_bst software, at start, automatically checks all the channels of the Channels Table for the frequency values in the correct range (now the admitted ranges are 144÷148 and 420÷450 MHz); the channels with frequencies out of range will be disabled, and if no channels are enabled after that check, it creates a new channel with predefined values; similarly, the frequency value of the Calibration Parameters will be checked and eventually adjusted
CronosAgent
Due some specific of original KAIROS protocols we made special tool named CronosAgent to provide functionality of link establishment, authentication and NAT-traversal. CronosAgent should be deployed on equipment near repeater. Specially for SysOps we prepared several packages to run CronosAgent on large count of hardware such as x86 servers, single-board computers like Raspberry Pi and BeagleBoard or routers based on open platform like OpenWRT.
Downloads
CronosAgent version 20160806/20160812
- CronosAgent for Mac OS X - http://www.dstar.su/files/KAIROS/CronosAgent/CronosAgent-macOS.zip
- CronosAgent for Debian Linux 8.x x64 - http://www.dstar.su/files/KAIROS/CronosAgent/cronosagent_20160806_amd64.deb
- CronosAgent for Debian Linux 8.x ARM (HF/ARMv7) - http://www.dstar.su/files/KAIROS/CronosAgent/cronosagent_20160806_armhf.deb
- CronosAgent for OpenWRT AR71xx/72xx - http://www.dstar.su/files/KAIROS/CronosAgent/cronosagent_20160812_ar71xx.ipk
If you have hardware which is not listed here please contact us. We can build the package for any OpenWRT target.
Packets for Raspberry Pi and Debian on ARM will be provided later.
Source code of CronosAgent
Configuration
cronosagent.conf
OpenWRT LuCI
Repeater Configuration
Mandatory
Optional
Issues with connectivity
Console or syslog messages of CronosAgent
Kairos (el.seth) Mac Os 11
- 'Disconnect request received' after 'Authenticating with agent'. Probably you entered wrong access password.
- 'Connection time-out expired'. Mostly this status means that CronosAgent does not receive packets from the server. Please check condition of field 'Interpretation' on status page of BrandMeister.
- 'Repeater has disabled features DMR or/and HAM'. Please check firmware version, customization type (should be 008) and presense of feature 'Amateur Radio' at KAIROS_Manager. Mostly you have wrong configuration of active channel (DMR service disabled).
Field 'Interpretation' on status page of BrandMeister
- Authenticating - BrandMeister requested authentication of CronosAgent. Mostly this status means that CronosAgent does not receive packets from the server. Please check you router or firewall for opened port.
- Gathering - BrandMeister requested configuration of your KAIROS repeater. Mostly this status means that CronosAgent does not receive packets from the repeater. Please check IP address and configured ports of repeater.
- Registering - BrandMeister requested registration of External DMR Server access on your KAIROS repeater. Mostly this status means that CronosAgent does not receive response message from the repeater. Please check firmware version, customization type (should be 008) and presense of feature 'Amateur Radio' at KAIROS_Manager.
- Operational - whole system works fine.
Firmware, update procedure
Please read this text carefuly to avoid having a brick!
Kairos (el.seth) Mac Os X
Latest firmware is available here: http://www.radioactivity-tlc.it/support/download/KAIROS-HAM_2017-02-08.zip
Note: following firmware still rank of beta! After upgrading repeater to this firmware you will not be able to configure the repeater to work on commercial frequencies!
