A New Zealand man of Asian descent had his passport photograph rejected when facial recognition software mistakenly registered his eyes as being closed.
Richard Lee’s attempt to renew his passport was blocked after he submitted the picture to an online passport photo checker run by New Zealand’s department of internal affairs.
The automated system told the 22-year-old engineering student the photo was invalid because his eyes were closed, even though they were clearly open, according to a copy of the notification posted on social media site Facebook.
“No hard feelings on my part, I’ve always had very small eyes and facial recognition technology is relatively new and unsophisticated,” Lee told Reuters.
“It was a robot, no hard feelings. I got my passport renewed in the end.”
Up to 20 percent of passport photos submitted online are rejected for various reasons, an Internal Affairs spokesman said.
“The most common error is a subject’s eyes being closed and that was the generic error message sent in this case,” he said.
The lighting in Lee’s first photo was uneven, but a later one was accepted, he added.
New Zealand passport robot tells applicant of Asian descent to open eyes
Reuters (reporting by James Regan; editing by Clarence Fernandez)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-passport-error-idUSKBN13W0RL
A New Zealand man of Asian descent had his passport photograph rejected when facial recognition software mistakenly registered his eyes as being closed.
Richard Lee’s attempt to renew his passport was blocked after he submitted the picture to an online passport photo checker run by New Zealand’s department of internal affairs.
The automated system told the 22-year-old engineering student the photo was invalid because his eyes were closed, even though they were clearly open, according to a copy of the notification posted on social media site Facebook.
“No hard feelings on my part, I’ve always had very small eyes and facial recognition technology is relatively new and unsophisticated,” Lee told Reuters.
“It was a robot, no hard feelings. I got my passport renewed in the end.”
Up to 20 percent of passport photos submitted online are rejected for various reasons, an Internal Affairs spokesman said.
“The most common error is a subject’s eyes being closed and that was the generic error message sent in this case,” he said.
The lighting in Lee’s first photo was uneven, but a later one was accepted, he added.
アジア系男性、目が細くてパスポートを更新できず
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ニュース内容
アジア系ニュージーランド人の男性がパスポート更新のために撮った写真を、顔認識ソフトが目が閉じていると判断し更新を拒否したことが話題になっています。
リチャード・リーさんはニュージーランドの内務省に写真を送ったが、目をしっかり開けているにもかかわらず、目を閉じているという理由で更新を拒否されたという通知がFacebookに投稿された。
男性は「何も思わない。確かに僕の目は小さいし、顔認識ソフトは新しいからまだ人の顔がわからないんだよ。ロボットなんだし。結局パスポートは更新できたから」とロイターに語った。
他にも、20%以上の写真が様々な理由で拒否されるという。
海外の反応
・ タートルネックだと本当に顔しかみえないね。
・ ロボットは人種差別主義者だ
・ この男性は完璧な姿勢なのに。
・ テクノロジーは急速に進歩しているけど、まだまだこのような進歩したりてないところもある。
・ こうした機械がだんだん私たちの生活に侵食してくる。まあ25年後には私は多分生きてないからいいけど。
・ 機械が偏見に過ぎる。
・ なんて馬鹿な機械なんだろう
・ このロボットの製作者はおばか
・ 男性のおかげでロボットの欠点がわかってよかった。
・ 男性の反応がいい。
・ 目を開けよう
・ 目が小さい人なんていっぱいいるのに！
・ 写真をどう見ても目が閉じてるように見えない。
・ 顔認識ソフトがおかしい
・ 彼はなんでもっと目を開けないの？？
・ ロボットに腹が立って仕方ない
・ コンピューターって間違いを犯しやすいの？
・ この男の人、立ちながら寝てるみたい。
・ 僕には目を閉じてるように見えるけどなあ
・ もしアジア人じゃない人でこんなことが起きたら。。。