Axon Enterprise, manufacturer of body cameras for the police, has filed a range of patents, including for facial recognition technology that could determine a person's age, race and gender. The company is also working with law enforcement agencies to develop software that can identify people who are in danger or may be suicidal. Axon is developing a tool to determine whether there is a face in the frame of the camera, but this does not identify the individual or cross reference it with police databases.
Axon Enterprise, manufacturer of body cameras for the police, has filed a range of patents, including for facial recognition technology that could determine a person's age, race and gender. However, Axon has emphasised the patent is for “potential use cases” and that it is “not actively developing” the technology for real-time facial recognition tools. Axon is developing a tool to determine whether there is a face in the frame of the camera, but this does not identify the individual or cross reference it with police databases.