RecognEyes – Smart Glasses for Prosopagnosia

Abstract

RecognEyes is an innovative edge-computing solution designed to assist individuals with prosopagnosia—a condition characterized by an inability to recognize faces, which often leads to social anxiety. Embedded with efficient edge-computing principles from architectures like EdgeFace [1], RecognEyes performs local face detection and cropping directly on-device, significantly minimizing the data sent externally for recognition tasks. This architecture enables RecognEyes to achieve exceptional accuracy, exceeding 99% on a privately collected dataset containing 5,000 images. Furthermore, it maintains exceptionally low latency. By providing immediate auditory feedback based on quick and accurate facial recognition, RecognEyes significantly enhances social interaction, improving quality of life for users.