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@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ Image processing enables Home Assistant to process images from [cameras](/integr
 
 {% include integrations/building_block_integration.md %}
 
+## The state of an image processing entity
+
+For face recognition applications, the state of an image processing entity can be the name of the detected person or motion that was detected.
+
 ## ALPR
 
 ALPR entities have a vehicle counter attribute `vehicles` and all found plates are stored in the `plates` attribute.