GOOGLE needs Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition (PittPatt) for smartphone

GOOGLE acquired Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition (PittPatt).

''We continue to leverage the potential of computers in a simple photo manager application for video and mobile applications such as Image Search, YouTube and Picasa,''said spokesman PittPatt as quoted by The Wall Street Journal.

GOOGLE needs Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition (PittPatt) for smartphone

PittPatt is a developer of facial recognition technology for image and video.

According to a spokesman for Google, they will build up facial recognition technology for smartphones, known as the Google Goggles.

Currently, there is an analyst at PittPatt doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a specialist in pattern and image recognition technology.