Q&A Facial Recognition
The facial recognition we use is called Spot My Photo.
It is the best program on the market, as it includes algorithms way beyond mere facial recognition.
We have also set up its use to protect your privacy and your midshipman's.
The Academy has reviewed the program.
Basically thi is how the program works.
You purchase the Spot My Photo (Facial Recognition ) product. You send us the high school photograph of your Plebe
and your personal phone number. We register you with Spot My Photo. You are not able to register yourself.
As we upload photographs during the summer, Spot My Photo will search the photographs for your son/daughter.
When he/she is found, Spot My Photo will send you a notification to your phone number.
Just click on the notification and you will find, hopefully, a photograph of your Plebe. npt someone who looks like your Plebe.
Download it to you phone and post it on social media.
It is that easy.
Q: Are the photographs with Manual Search the same as the ones with (Spot My Photo) Facial Recognition?
A: No, the two sets of photographs are totally different. There do not overlap, at all.
Q: What is the difference between Manual Search and (Spot My Photo (Facial Recognition Photographs)?
A: The Manual Search photographs are those photographs that are identified by a platoon. An example of a Manual Search photo gallery would be High Ropes.
High Ropes is completed as a platoon.
On the other hand, Spot My Photo photographs are photographs of evolutions where the platoons is not identifiable.
An example would be the Track Meet. If we were to take 6,000 photographs at the Track Meet, there would be, and this is a maybe,
five (5) photographs of your son/daughter. Why? Because there are about 1,200 Plebes at the Track Meet.
Divide 6,000 by 1,200 and you get five photographs. The problem is that it is less likely we would have photographs of your Plebe as there are
so many Plebes, much harder to capture each one specifically. And, you would be looking for hours just to find the five (5).
That is where Spot My Photo comes in. It finds them for you.
Q: Can we still view all the photographs taken at a Spot My Photo event?
A: Yes. You do have that option.
Q: Can the Spot My Photo photographs be included in my Coffee Table Book?
A: Yes. You need to download them and send them to me on a Thumb Drive, alonnwith all other photgrraphs you want in your book..
Q: Can we send you more than one phone number for Spot My Photo?
A: No
Q: What percentage of the Plebe Summer photographs will be on Spot My Photo?
A: About 25%, or 50,000. These are important photographs.
Q: What are the Spot My Photo evolutions?
A: Induction Day, P.E.P., some of the parades, athletic events, Bowie Baysox game. These events typically occur at the end of the summer.
Q: Can I add Spot My Photo later in the summer?
A: NO.
Q: Do I need to purchase Manual Search in order to purchase Spot My Photo?
Q: Yes.
Q: How will I know that I have been registered for Spot My Photo?
A: You will receive a notification a day or two after you send us the high School photo and your phone number.
You will receive notifcation and a link to the photograph you sent us.
Q: Can I send more than one photograph?
A: No
Q: How often will I receive Spot My Photo photographs.
A: Can not tell you, but more in the second three weeks.
Q: Do I need to send you the high school photo, or can I send you a different one?
A: It does not need to be the high school senior photo, but that one is the best. If you send another, be sure is it H&S, full face, without glasses.