Amazon Rekognition

Amazon Rekognition makes it easy to add image and video analysis to your applications. You just provide an image or video to the Rekognition API, and it can identify objects, people, text, scenes, and activities.

Key Features

Object & Scene Detection: Identify thousands of objects (e.g., bike, phone, building) and scenes (e.g., beach, city).
Facial Analysis: Detect faces and attributes (happy, sad, glasses, beard, etc.).
Facial Recognition: Compare faces to see if they match (identity verification).
Celebrity Recognition: Identify famous people.
Content Moderation: Detect unsafe or inappropriate content (adult content, violence).
Text in Image: Detect and extract text from images (e.g., license plates, street signs).
PPE Detection: Detect if people are wearing Personal Protective Equipment (masks, helmets).

Exam Tips

"Image Analysis" / "Video Analysis": Answer is Rekognition.
"Identify People/Faces": Answer is Rekognition.
"Content Moderation": Answer is Rekognition.
"Celebrity Recognition": Answer is Rekognition.

Common Use Cases

Identity Verification: Matching a selfie to a photo ID.
Media Analysis: Auto-tagging images in a large library.
Safety: Detecting if workers are wearing helmets.