Patent ID: 7187787

Claim:
A method of finding up to a pre-set number of database images each having at least a pre-set confidence percentage that said database image matches a target facial image, comprising the steps of: reconstructing a first 2D facial image database into a second 2D facial image database, said first 2D facial image database having a first facial image for a person, said second 2D facial image database having a plurality of parsed facial images for said person; choosing a qualification percentage no greater than said pre-set confidence percentage; choosing a qualification candidate number; creating a voting group of people corresponding to parsed images from said second 2D facial image database by finding up to said qualification candidate number of highest matches of said target facial image using a 2D facial recognition algorithm; generating a combined matching confidence percentage for each person in said voting group; creating a final match list for said target facial image by selecting up to said pre-set number of highest matches from said voting group said combined matching confidence percentage for each person in said voting group.