Patent ID: 7450740
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for matching an unknown image of an individual with a known image of another individual, the method comprising: acquiring an unknown facial image of an individual; transmitting the unknown facial image from a sender over a network to a server; analyzing the facial image at the server to determine if the unknown facial image is acceptable; processing the unknown facial image to create a processed image; comparing the processed image to a plurality of database processed images; matching the processed image to a database processed image of the plurality of database processed images to create matched images, wherein the database processed image is a facial image of another individual; determining a perception value of the matched images; transmitting the matched images and the perception value to the sender over the network; and wherein the processed image is processed as a primary feature vector and the plurality of database processed images is a plurality of database feature vectors, and wherein comparing the processed image to a plurality of database processed images comprises comparing the primary feature vector to each of the plurality of database feature vectors, and wherein the primary feature vector and each of the plurality of database feature vectors are based on a plurality of factors comprising facial expression, hair style, hair color, facial pose, eye color, texture of the face, color of the face and facial hair.