亞裔男子申請護(hù)照因眼小遭拒 網(wǎng)站提示沒睜眼

A New Zealander of Asian descent has shrugged off the rejection of a passport application photo by software because of his eyes.

新西蘭一位亞裔男子申請護(hù)照時因眼小遭到軟件拒絕，他表示并不在意。

The system sent an error message after deciding Richard Lee's eyes were closed, when they are clearly open.

盡管理查德•李的眼睛明顯是睜開的，但是系統(tǒng)發(fā)出了錯誤信息，認(rèn)為他沒睜眼。

It was not racism he suggested. "It was a robot. No hard feelings."

理查德•李認(rèn)為這并非種族歧視，他說：“這是機(jī)器，沒感覺不高興。”

The DJ and aerospace engineering student had submitted the photo to an online photo checker at New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs.

理查德•李是一位航空航天專業(yè)的學(xué)生，還擔(dān)任流行音樂節(jié)目主持人。他向新西蘭內(nèi)政部的網(wǎng)絡(luò)照片審查軟件提交了照片。

"No hard feelings on my part, I've always had very small eyes and facial recognition technology is relatively new and unsophisticated," the 22-year-old told Reuters.

這位22歲的男子告訴路透社記者說，“我沒感覺不高興。我的眼睛一直都很小，面部識別是一項比較新的技術(shù)，還不夠精確。”

Mr Lee is studying in Melbourne, Australia.

理查德•李現(xiàn)在澳大利亞墨爾本就讀。

Born in Taiwan but brought up in New Zealand, he was trying to renew his passport so he could return to Australia after a Christmas break in New Zealand.

理查德•李在中國臺灣出生，在新西蘭長大，正在續(xù)辦護(hù)照，以便在新西蘭度過圣誕后返回澳大利亞。

After contacting the Department of Internal Affairs, he was told there was too much shadow in his eyes. Another photo was later accepted and the passport renewed.

他隨后同新西蘭內(nèi)政部取得了聯(lián)系，被告知照片眼部陰影太重。他隨后提供的新照片已被接受，并得到了新護(hù)照。

A department spokesman said up to 20% of photos submitted online were rejected, usually because the subject's eyes are closed.

新西蘭內(nèi)政部的一位發(fā)言人說，網(wǎng)上提交照片的拒絕率高達(dá)20%，通常的原因是照相閉眼。