What is face detection?
Face detection -- also called facial detection -- is an artificial
intelligence (AI) based computer technology used to find and
identify human faces in digital images. Face detection technology
can be applied to various fields -- including security, biometrics,
law enforcement, entertainment and personal safety -- to provide
surveillance and tracking of people in real time.
What is face recognition?
Facial recognition is the process of identifying or verifying the
identity of a person using their face. It captures, analyzes, and
compares patterns based on the person's facial details. The face
detection process is an essential step in detecting and locating
human faces in images and videos.
What is the difference between face detection and face recognition?
Face Detection
 Face detection is the first
step on the path to facial
recognition.
Face Recognition
 Face recognition software
will analyze the image.
 This technology can look at  It will turn the image into a
a frame, image, or video and
set of data about your facial
tell if a human face is
features. This can include
present. In this case, it does
the distance between your
not matter to whom the face
eyes, forehead, and chin,
belongs.It can also count the
and other geometric
number of human faces
measurements.
detected.