Patent ID: 9235320
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of constructing facial composites, comprising: providing an image database comprising a plurality of first image data elements, wherein each first image data element represents a part of a human face in a first perspective, and wherein for every first image data element the image database comprises a corresponding second image data element such that the second image data element represents at least partially the same part of the same human face in a second perspective; electronically acquiring a user input for selection of a first image data element of a first part of the human face; electronically acquiring a user input for selection of a first image data element of a second part the human face; graphically representing the selected first image data elements in a first display area of a graphical user interface; electronically determining the corresponding second image data elements corresponding to the selected first image data elements; and graphically representing the determined second image data elements in a second display area of the graphical user interface, wherein at least one of the first and second perspectives represents a partial profile view, and the other of the first and second perspectives represents a front view, and wherein the method comprises: determining a first editing area of the partial profile view, wherein the first editing area represents a first side of the face in the partial profile view, and a corresponding first editing area of the front view, wherein the first editing area represents the first side of the face in the front view; determining a first scaling factor; acquiring a user input for graphically editing the representation in the first editing area of the partial profile view or the front view, which comprises shifting at least one pixel of at least one of the representation in the first editing area of the partial profile view or the front view and a primary editing tool represented in the first editing area of the partial profile view or the front view by a primary position change stipulated by the user input, which includes a primary horizontal and/or a primary vertical component of the position change; and shifting at least one pixel of at least one of the representation in the first editing area of the front view or partial profile view and a secondary editing tool represented in the first editing area of the front view or partial profile view by a secondary position change determined depending on the user input and the first scaling factor, which includes at least one of a secondary horizontal and a secondary vertical component, such that the secondary horizontal component corresponds to the primary horizontal component scaled by the first scaling factor and the secondary vertical component corresponds to the primary vertical component, wherein the scaling factor is based on a ratio of the distances of marked pixels from a center line of the human face.