Terms related to computer vision · 3.7.2
face recognition
automatic pattern matching that compares stored face images with a live face image and reports any match and any identifying data
What this term settles
The term looks ordinary until two teams use it differently. The entry removes that room by naming the thing, its inputs and its limits in one sentence.
Who it binds
A definition binds nobody on its own, so the force of face recognition comes only from the reader who adopts it in a policy, a contract, a data schema or an assurance argument.
What to do in your practice
Put face recognition in the controlled vocabulary with its citation, an owner and a review date. Then test the inventory and the policy against the entry and record every place the firm uses a different word for the same thing.
Evidence an auditor or regulator asks for
- A controlled vocabulary entry for face recognition with the citation 3.7.2, an owner and a review date.An auditor can check that face recognition is controlled rather than assumed.
- An image or video data record with the source, the consent basis and the retention rule. The row names face recognition.Shows face recognition in use in the artefact the firm relies on, not only in a glossary.
- A test set with the conditions, the population and the known failure cases. The record carries the face recognition entry and its date.Image data is described by its file format rather than by its source, consent basis and retention rule. The gap is tested against face recognition.
Common gaps this page catches
- face recognition is used in the image and video data record without a written definition, so two teams can mean different things.
- The entry for face recognition is reviewed when someone remembers, not on a cadence, so it drifts from the artefact it describes.
What to prepare before the amendment lands
Brief the owners who use face recognition most often, then ask each to return one artefact that shows the entry in use. File the artefacts against the register row.
How to test it here
Take one live artefact rather than a template, find the sentence or field where face recognition is used, and put this page beside it. Record the answer, the artefact and the date, because that record is the evidence and a glossary entry on its own is only an intention.
What this page does not claim
The page does not reproduce the standard, certify the firm or predict the wording the amendment will use; it states face recognition at the claim level "definition" and stops where the public record stops.
Common questions
- What does face recognition mean in ISO 22989?
- automatic pattern matching that compares stored face images with a live face image and reports any match and any identifying data
- What evidence should we keep for 3.7.2?
- A controlled vocabulary entry for face recognition with the citation 3.7.2, an owner and a review date. An image or video data record with the source, the consent basis and the retention rule. The row names face recognition.
- Is face recognition a requirement?
- No: face recognition is a definition or clause of a terminology standard, and it becomes binding only when a firm writes it into a policy, a contract or a procedure, or when another standard incorporates it.
Related units
Source. ISO/IEC 22989:2022, Clause 3.7.2, Terms and definitions. Open the ISO public entry. Retrieved 21 October 2026.
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/en/#iso:std:iso-iec:22989:ed-1:v1:en
ISO catalogue record 88145, the amendment status, stage and dates. Catalogue record 74296, the base standard.
Claim level: definition. The definition is in the public preview. This page states it in our own words and does not reproduce the text.
Last updated: 2026-10-21 · Markdown version · Check your vocabulary