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US 10,484,818 B1Granted
Systems and methods for providing location information about registered user based on facial recognition
OwnerMaris Jacob Ensinginventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing location information for registered users in a venue. A facial recognition process is used to identify each registered user, and associate each identified registered user with a location of the image from which the identification was made. The location information may then be provided when an authorized user requests the location information for a particular registered user.
Claims21
A system for providing location information of registered users in a venue using image processing, comprising:
- a plurality of image capture devices, wherein each of the plurality of image capture devices is aimed at one of a plurality of locations in a venue to capture an image of the location;
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory in data communication with each of the one or more processors and that stores instructions that, when read by the one or more processors, direct the one or more processors to:
- receive a plurality of captured images from the plurality of image capture devices, wherein each of the plurality of captured images is captured at one of the plurality of locations and is captured by one of the plurality of image capture devices;
- perform processing to identify visual identifiers saved in a register record to determine each registered user identified in each of the plurality of captured images;
- associate each registered user identified in each of the plurality of captured images with the location of the image in which each registered user is identified;
- store the location of each of the registered users in location information of a data record maintained for each of the registered users;
- receive a request for the location information of a particular registered user;
- provide the location information in the data record of the particular registered user to satisfy the request;
- determine a crowd size for a particular location based on the plurality of images;
- compare the crowd size of the particular location to a threshold for crowd capacity of the particular location;
- generate a notification of crowd size for the particular location;
- and
- transmit the notification to a set of registered users interested in the particular location.
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A method for providing location information for registered users at a venue, the method comprising:
- capturing a plurality of images using a plurality of image capture devices, wherein each of the plurality of images is captured in of one of the different locations and is captured by one of the plurality of image capture devices;
- performing image processing on each of the plurality of images to determine each visual identifier associated with a register record of one of a plurality of registered users identified in each of the plurality of captured images;
- associating each of the plurality of registered users identified in each of the plurality of captured images with a location of the image in which each registered user is identified;
- storing the location of each of the plurality of identified registered users in location information of a data record maintained for each of the plurality of identified registered users in a central control system;
- receiving a request for location information of a particular registered user in the central control system from a requesting system;
- providing the location information in the data record of the particular registered user to satisfy the request from the central control system;
- determining a crowd size for a particular location based on the plurality of images;
- comparing the crowd size of the particular location to a threshold for crowd capacity of the particular location;
- generating a notification of crowd size for the particular location;
- and
- transmitting the notification to a set of registered users interested in the particular location.
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Apparatus for providing location information for a registered user in a venue, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory readable by the processor that stores instructions that, when read by the processor, directs the processor to:
- capture a plurality of images using a plurality of image capture devices, wherein each of the plurality of images is of one of a plurality of different locations and is captured by one of a plurality of image capture devices;
- perform image processing on each of the plurality of images to determine visual identifiers of registered users identified in each of the plurality of captured images;
- associate each registered user identified in each of the plurality of captured images with the location of the image in which each registered user is identified;
- store the location in of each of the identified registered users in location information of a data record maintained for each of the identified registered users;
- receive a request for location information of a particular registered user;
- provide the location information in the data record of the particular registered user to satisfy the request;
- determine a crowd size for a particular location based on the plurality of images;
- compare the crowd size of the particular location to a threshold for crowd capacity of the particular location;
- generate a notification of crowd size for the particular location;
- and
- transmit the notification to a set of registered users interested in the particular location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.