[Albion] Facial Recognition

[tronnogull]

Going in to WSU there were signs and the stewards also asked everyone to remove hats because there was facial recognition technology being used. I imagine that this happened at all turnstiles to the ground.
I asked a steward what it was for and he said that some folks who had been banned had continued to attend games. This didn't seem a very likely rationale to me.

Has anyone seen anything from the club on this, or have any idea what it was all about ?

 

[Bry Nylon]

some folks who had been banned had continued to attend games.

That hardly seems fair. Why keep on punishing them?

 

[A1X]

I also noticed the police were stood on the station footbridge with what looked like some sort of sophisticated camera gear so might have been doing something similar there.

 

[Springal]

There were no different cameras over the entrance at WSU so it is bit of a lie I think. They just wanted the normal CCTV to have a clear shot of everyone

 

[RossyG]

Maybe just a one-off for the Palace game to make sure no know “faces” got in on someone else’s ticket.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Maybe just a one-off for the Palace game to make sure no know “faces” got in on someone else’s ticket.

How can a computer tell one middle-aged bald podgy and pasty faced supporter from another?

 

[Bozza]

There were no different cameras over the entrance at WSU so it is bit of a lie I think.

Facial recognition doesn't have to be automated.

They just wanted the normal CCTV to have a clear shot of everyone

...to conduct manual facial recognition.

 

[Bry Nylon]

How can a computer tell one middle-aged bald podgy and pasty faced supporter from another?

Are you asking for a friend?

 

[Bry Nylon]

...to conduct manual facial recognition.

Why were they only looking for Spanish men?

 

[Chicken Run]

How can a computer tell one middle-aged bald podgy and pasty faced supporter from another?

Apparently the ones with man bags are not to be trusted!

 

[Albion_Dave]

Going in to the north i am often asked to take my hat off when going through the turnstiles.

 

[Is it PotG?]

I always get asked to put a hat on passing through the camera span since my shiny pate causes a reflection which renders the video ineffective.

 

[RossyG]

How can a computer tell one middle-aged bald podgy and pasty faced supporter from another?

I imagine the stewards can, which is most likely what was happening here. And maybe getting clear mugshots for the CCTV as a backup.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

I also noticed the police were stood on the station footbridge with what looked like some sort of sophisticated camera gear so might have been doing something similar there.

It's ironic, if I stood on a bridge with some binoculars they would bang me up.

 

[Justice]

Wouldn’t happen in league 1. Just grateful someone turned up. My mate was banned for a while in league 1 and never missed a game.

 

[warlingham seagull]

Was told by steward at WSU that it was just for the Palace game

 

[Bozza]

It was the same for Palace last season...

https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showthread.php?368588-quot-Facial-recognition-will-be-in-operation

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Just as well Iain Dowie wasn't there on Saturday, the equipment would have reported a malfunction

 

[Bry Nylon]

Maybe just a one-off for the Palace game to make sure no known “faces” got in on someone else’s ticket.

Can't Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood pay for their own tickets?

 

[Grassman]

Maybe they should have used faecal recognition a previous time the Palace were in town. How different things could have been.