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face detection

computer technology to detect presence and location of faces
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face detection

Summary

face detection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • face detection is a type of object recognition[2].
  • face detection is used for autofocus[3].
  • face detection's Commons category is recorded as Face recognition[4].
  • face detection's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Facial recognition[5].
  • face detection's partially coincident with is recorded as Human sensing[6].
  • face detection's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/face-detection[7].
  • face detection's different from is recorded as facial recognition system[8].
  • face detection's class of object is recorded as face[9].

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Definition and Type

face detection is a type of object recognition[2].

Use and Application

face detection is used for autofocus[3].

Why It Matters

face detection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3rsPKb
    Class of object(s) of occurrence → face
    Has use → autofocus
    Aliases → —
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