Patent ID: 8488848
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a visual referendum of a subject using a computing device, wherein said subject comprises at least one voter, at least one referendum marker and at least one referendum answer, said method comprising: (a) providing a digital image of said subject, wherein said digital image includes a face of said at least one voter; (b) parsing said at least one voter, said at least one referendum marker and said at least one referendum answer of said subject from the digital image; (c) identifying a target referendum based on said at least one referendum marker and identifying at least one target voter based on said at least one voter and identifying at least one target referendum answer based on said at least one referendum answer; (d) associating said at least one target referendum answer to said target referendum; and (e) associating said at least one target voter to said target referendum, wherein said parsing step further comprises the step of representing each of said at least one voter, said at least one referendum marker and said at least one referendum answer with a rectangular envelope having a centroid, and wherein one or more steps (a- e) is performed using a processor.