translated from Spanish: Facial recognition will prevent accidents due to fatigue of drivers

Shanghai.-a bus company in the Chinese city of Shanghai has installed cameras equipped with facial recognition and analysis of picture in its buses technology for monitor drivers and avoid problems such as fatigue. The official Xinhua Agency reported today of this initiative carried out by the Shanghai Jiushi Bus Company, a sample more than how artificial intelligence is gaining more importance in the life of the Chinese. 

The camera captures every movement and facial expression of bus drivers, detects if they show any symptoms of fatigue and is also used to detect irregular or illegal conduct as such to make phone calls or smoking.  

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