中國廁所裏安裝相機阻止廁紙盜竊

BEIJING: Public toilets in Chinese capital have started using facial recognition technology to stop toilet paper theft after it became rampant.

北京：中國首都的公廁開始使用人臉識別技術來阻止日漸猖獗的廁紙盜竊行爲。

At the Temple of Heaven one of the capital's busiest tourist sites and a former hotbed of toilet paper kleptomania a user in need of tissue paper must stand in front of a wall-mounted machine with a high definition camera Hong Kong-based SouthChina Morning Post reported.

據香港的《南華早報》報道，在天壇公園，首都人流最大的景點之一，此前頻頻發生廁紙盜竊事件。現在，如廁的人需要站在一個壁掛式高清攝像頭前。

The device's software remembers recent faces and if the same person reappears within a certain period it refuses to activate the automatic roller.

設備軟件會記錄最近出現的人臉，如果同一個人在特定時間段內反覆出現，它將拒絕啓動自動出紙機。

For years many residents have been taking reams of paper from public toilets for use at home.

多年以來，許多人都把公廁廁紙帶回家自己用。

Recently Chinese media outlets investigated the phenomenon and found most of the tissue bandits were senior citizens. Such behaviour has placed a considerable financial burden on public toilet management.

近日中國媒體對這一現象進行了調查，發現絕大多數小偷都是老年人。這樣的行爲給公廁管理帶來了極大的經濟負擔。

Sometimes a newly replenished roll can disappear within a minute leaving other users an empty holder.

有時，新放置的廁紙在幾分鐘內就會消失，給其他如廁的人留下一個空盒子。

The Temple of Heaven management said they also provided old-school rollers because not all visitors were accepting the new technology.

天壇公園管理處表示，他們同樣提供老式捲紙，因爲不是所有遊客都能接受這項新技術。