Camera phones recognise their owner

March 6, 2005, 12:02 am

Software that lets a camera phone recognise its owner's face could provide a handy new security measure, according to a Japanese company.

The digital cameras fitted to many modern cellphones already provide a nifty way to capture and share low resolution images with others. But Omron, based in Kyoto, Japan, has developed software that it hopes could turn these built-in cameras into a useful security tool.