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New app reunites missing pets with owners by using facial recognition
Source: ABC
New app reunites missing pets with owners by using facial recognition
By NICOLE PELLETIERE via GMA Dec 11, 2018, 8:46 AM ET
A new app that uses innovative, facial recognition is now being used to reunite people with their missing pets.
Pet owners can upload a photo of their missing dog or cat and click "lost" on the free app. After typing in some basic information, the app, known as "Finding Rover," will scan a database of more than a million rescued or found animals that could be a match.
Kevin Villicana said he found his dog Sargent thanks to the app.
Through the app Finding Rover, pet owners upload a photo of their missing dog or cat and click "lost."
"I was excited," Villicana told "GMA." "I ran into my parents' door and told them, 'I found sergeant.'"
Finding Rover has an accuracy rate of 98 percent, according to the app's founder, John Polimeno. The app's database scans for fur color and texture, snout length and space between the eyes, among other traits.
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By NICOLE PELLETIERE via GMA Dec 11, 2018, 8:46 AM ET
A new app that uses innovative, facial recognition is now being used to reunite people with their missing pets.
Pet owners can upload a photo of their missing dog or cat and click "lost" on the free app. After typing in some basic information, the app, known as "Finding Rover," will scan a database of more than a million rescued or found animals that could be a match.
Kevin Villicana said he found his dog Sargent thanks to the app.
Through the app Finding Rover, pet owners upload a photo of their missing dog or cat and click "lost."
"I was excited," Villicana told "GMA." "I ran into my parents' door and told them, 'I found sergeant.'"
Finding Rover has an accuracy rate of 98 percent, according to the app's founder, John Polimeno. The app's database scans for fur color and texture, snout length and space between the eyes, among other traits.
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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/app-reunites-missing-pets-owners-facial-recognition/story?id=59744299
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