Basic analysis of the face recognition industry
 
Face recognition is a biometric recognition technology based on human facial feature information for identification. The face recognition system mainly includes four components, namely face image acquisition and detection, face recognition preprocessing, face image feature extraction, and matching and recognition.
 
The upper part of the face recognition industry chain is the basic layer, including artificial intelligence chips, algorithm technology and data sets. The middle reaches consists of technical layers such as video face recognition, picture face recognition and database comparison test. The main products of midstream enterprises are embedded people. Face recognition software and the provision of one-stop solutions, the related technologies in the middle reaches generally include face detection, living body detection, face recognition, video object extraction and analysis, etc.; downstream is the specific scene application, namely application scheme, consumption Class terminal or service, etc.
 
Statistical Analysis of the Number of Chinese Face Recognition Technology Patents in 2018
 
Since 2015, the country has continued to introduce favorable policies, which will lay a solid foundation for the application of face recognition technology in the fields of security, medical care and finance. In the context of significantly increased policy support, the popularity of face recognition technology has continued to increase, capital has entered the market, a number of star companies have rapidly emerged and a large number of investments in the field of face recognition, and the number of technology patents has continued to rise. In 2014-2017, the number of patent applications for face recognition technology in China continued to increase, with an average annual growth rate of 36%. In 2014, the number of patent applications for face recognition technology in China has reached 608. As of 2017, the number of patent applications for face recognition technology in China has increased to 2,847.
 
Judging from the number of public patents, the number of face recognition patents in China has grown rapidly in 2012-2017. In 2017, the number of face recognition patents in China was 2,698, reaching the maximum in recent years. As of July 2018, the number of patents disclosed was 2,163. Along with the significant increase in technical strength, the domestic market has opened up, and the rapid spread of commercial products has laid a solid foundation. It is expected that the number of patents related to face recognition in China will continue to grow steadily.
 
It is estimated that the size of China's face recognition market will be close to 2.8 billion yuan in 2018.
 
Since 2015, the state has continued to introduce favorable policies to promote the application of face recognition in the fields of finance, security, and medical care, laying a solid foundation for the Chinese face recognition industry. With the continuous expansion of the application field of face recognition systems and the deepening of commercialization, the market size of the face recognition industry has also ushered in rapid growth. According to the statistics of the China Face Recognition Industry Market Prospect and Investment Strategic Planning Analysis Report released by the Prospective Industry Research Institute, the market size of China's face recognition industry has maintained a compound growth rate of 34% in 2010-2017. In 2010, the market size of China's face recognition industry was only 377.7 million yuan. By 2016, the market size of China's face recognition industry has grown to 1.725 billion yuan. By 2017, the market size of China's face recognition industry has reached 2.91 billion yuan. It is estimated that the market size of China's face recognition industry will reach 2.761 billion yuan in 2018, with a growth rate of around 26%. It is predicted that the market size of China's face recognition industry will exceed 5 billion yuan in 2021.
 It is estimated that the size of China's face recognition market will be close to 2.8 billion yuan in 2018.
 
Since 2015, the state has continued to introduce favorable policies to promote the application of face recognition in the fields of finance, security, and medical care, laying a solid foundation for the Chinese face recognition industry. With the continuous expansion of the application field of face recognition systems and the deepening of commercialization, the market size of the face recognition industry has also ushered in rapid growth. According to the statistics of the China Face Recognition Industry Market Prospect and Investment Strategic Planning Analysis Report released by the Prospective Industry Research Institute, the market size of China's face recognition industry has maintained a compound growth rate of 34% in 2010-2017. In 2010, the market size of China's face recognition industry was only 377.7 million yuan. By 2016, the market size of China's face recognition industry has grown to 1.725 billion yuan. By 2017, the market size of China's face recognition industry has reached 2.91 billion yuan. It is estimated that the market size of China's face recognition industry will reach 2.761 billion yuan in 2018, with a growth rate of around 26%. It is predicted that the market size of China's face recognition industry will exceed 5 billion yuan in 2021.
 
Analysis of the Application Status of Face Recognition Technology in China
 
If 2014 is the turning point of China's face recognition technology, and the face recognition technology is moving from theory to application, then 2018 is an important node for the full application of face recognition technology. The era of “brush face” officially arrived.
 
From the application of China's face recognition technology, it is mainly concentrated in three major areas: finance, security and attendance/access control.
From the specific application point of view, it mainly includes criminal investigation and pursuit in the field of public security, criminal identification and border security; e-government, household registration management, social welfare and insurance in the field of government functions in the field of information security; e-commerce in the field of commercial enterprises, Electronic money and payment, attendance, marketing; military and confidential departments in the field of entry and exit, access control and access control of financial institutions.
 
In 2018, face recognition technology unlocked more applications in more fields. Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hebei, Qingdao and other places have enabled face recognition systems during the 2018 college entrance examination; Peking University The face recognition technology is applied to the field of campus admission personnel identification; the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Social and Social Affairs also plans to install a face recognition system at the municipal public rental housing to prevent illegal renting of public rental housing; Didi was officially launched in June. Face recognition system...
 
From the perspective of the application layout of leading companies in the field of face recognition technology in China, security and finance are relatively large areas of distribution, and they are also involved in logistics, retail, smart phones, automobiles, education, real estate, entertainment and other fields. .
 
Analysis on the Development Trend of Chinese Face Recognition Technology in 2019
 
From the perspective of market application, the Prospective Industry Research Institute believes that the following trends will emerge in 2019:
 
1. The fusion of big data and face recognition will further deepen
 
With the vertical advancement of face recognition technology in public security and government functions, especially in the public security system, the use of face recognition technology to utilize massive photo data can greatly improve the management level of the entire public security informationization. At present, the Shenzhen public security system is already actively practicing. It is expected that more regions and more fields will actively explore the application of big data and face recognition fusion technology in 2019.
 
2, 3D face recognition technology products will gradually replace 2D face recognition technology products
 
The 3D-based face recognition algorithm can make up for the problem of effective recognition information loss caused by 2D projection, and has a good solution to the traditional difficulties of face rotation, occlusion and extreme similarity. On February 7, 2018, the face recognition technology leader Yun Cong Technology officially released "3D structured light face recognition technology", marking China's significant progress in the field of 3D face recognition technology products.
 
3. Security is still an important growth pole for future face recognition technology applications.
 
In recent years, the rapid development of the security industry has provided a stage for face recognition applications; on the other hand, with the further development of face recognition technology, it has opened up new markets for the security industry. Forward-looking Industrial Research Institute believes that intelligent video analysis will be one of the future directions of the big security market, and face recognition is a very important technology and application. Intelligent video surveillance face recognition system is an effective combination of video surveillance system and face recognition technology, which can greatly improve security and prevention capabilities, especially for criminals.
 
4, face recognition technology has unlimited possibilities in the field of smart home
 
With the development of modern science and technology and the improvement of people's living standards, the penetration rate of smart devices has become higher and higher, and the intelligentization of residential homes will be an important development trend. Face recognition technology can be used as an access control system and an authentication system in smart homes because of its convenience and security. Therefore, the integration of smart home and face recognition technology is the focus of future development.