Patent Document ID: 4045883
Application ID: 05352894
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of assembling a photographic representation of the facial features of a person recollected from the memory of an identifying person, the method comprising the steps of determining from an identifying person at least one basic facial characteristic of the recollected face, selecting from first and second pluralities of photographic parts a photographic representation of said basic facial characteristic, selecting from said first and second pluralities of photographic parts photographic representations of the remaining facial features of the recollected face, the photographic parts each carrying indicia so that the selection of a photographic representation from one of said pluralities of photographic parts automatically enables the selection of the corresponding photographic representation from the other of said pluralities of photographic parts, and thereafter assembling said selected photographic representations in co-operating and vertically adjustable relationship so as to form first and second corresponding photographic assemblies of said recollected face, a first assembly of photograpic representations comprising a front-face head view and the second assembly of photographic representations comprising a profile view of said front face head view with the facial features in the first assembly being in the same geometric scale as those in the second assembly said first assembly comprising a top facial frame bearing a representation of the top of the head, the forehead, the hair and the ears of the recollected person, a bottom frame bearing a representation of the lower cheeks and chin, separable intermediate parts fitting between said top frame and bottom frame and consisting of a representation of both eyes and upper nose, a representation of the lower nose parts including nostrils and tip and the inner parts of the cheek, and a representation of the mouth, said top facial framing member having downwardly extending projections overlying side portions of said intermediate parts bearing the eyes and the lower nose representations, and the lower two of said intermediate parts occupying the top central portion of said bottom frame, said second profile assembly comprising, a single top and side frame defining the top and one entire side edge which bears a representation profile of the hair, the top of the head, the forehead, and an ear, and which defines part of the other side edge of the assembly, and second, third, fourth and fifth intermediate pieces, representing in sequence an eye on the second piece, a nose on the third piece which is positioned in front of the second piece to define a side extension at one edge thereof in common with the other side edge of the top profile frame, a mouth on the fourth piece and a chin on the fifth piece, said fourth and fifth pieces fitting to each other so as to join along a common edge meeting with the edge of the third piece, the indicia on each of said frames and intermediate pieces in the front face and profile assemblies identifying the facial features and permitting recording, in terms of these indicia, of the separate facial features assembled from the pluralities of photographic parts, to thereby provide a front and a corresponding profile total face which matches a recollected face.