Systems, methods, and platform for facial identification within photographs
OwnerTina Elizabeth Lafreniere, John William Lafreniere +1inventors
InventorsTina Elizabeth Lafreniere, John William Lafreniere, Grace Elizabeth Duenas
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Abstract
In an illustrative embodiment, systems and methods for assisting users in identifying unknown individuals in photographs first apply facial recognition to obtain a first likelihood of match between a target face and other faces in a corpus of images provided by users of a genealogy platform, and then adjusts the first likelihood of match according to similarities and dissimilarities in attributes supplied by users regarding individuals represented by each face. Resultant likelihoods drive presentation of potential matches for consideration by a requesting user.
Claims20
A system for matching faces in photographs with profiles of individuals, the system comprising:
- at least one first non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of photos;
- at least one second non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of person profiles, each person profile comprising
- a set of person metadata descriptive of a respective person of a plurality of people, and
- an identifier of at least one photo of the plurality of photos, wherein each photo of the at least one photo includes a respective image of the respective person;
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- processing circuitry configured to perform a plurality of operations, the operations comprising
- obtaining, in association with a subject photo including a respective image of at least one face, i) at least one date indicating when the respective photo was taken, and ii) a plurality of facial attributes and/or measurements corresponding to a target face of the at least one face,
- analyzing the plurality of facial attributes and/or measurements in view of respective facial metadata stored in relation to each photo of at least a subset of the plurality of photos to identify one or more potential matches to the target face of the subject photo, and
- for each respective potential match of the one or more potential matches,
- accessing a respective candidate profile of the plurality of person profiles corresponding to the respective facial metadata,
- comparing the at least one date of the subject photo to at least one date of the respective candidate profile characterizing a lifespan of the respective person of the respective candidate profile, and
- responsive to determining the lifespan of the respective person is outside the at least one date of the subject photo, demoting or discarding the respective candidate profile in view of the one or more potential matches.
A method for matching faces in photographs with profiles of individuals, the method comprising:
- by one or more processors, obtaining, in association with a subject photo including a respective image of at least one face, i) at least one date indicating when the respective photo was taken, and ii) a plurality of facial attributes and/or measurements corresponding to a target face of the at least one face;
- accessing, from a first non-transitory computer-readable data store, at least a subset of a plurality of photos, and
- respective facial metadata stored in relation to each photo of the subset of the plurality of photos;
- for each respective photo of the subset of the plurality of photos, analyzing, by the one or more processors, the plurality of facial attributes and/or measurements in view of respective facial metadata stored in relation to the respective photo to identify one or more potential matches to the target face of the subject photo;
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- for each respective potential match of the one or more potential matches,
- accessing, from a second non-transitory computer-readable data store, a respective candidate profile of a plurality of person profiles corresponding to the respective facial metadata of the respective potential match,
- comparing, by the one or more processors, the at least one date of the subject photo to at least one date of the respective candidate profile characterizing a lifespan of the respective person of the respective candidate profile, and
- responsive to determining the lifespan of the respective person is outside a capture timeframe of the subject photo, demoting or discarding, by the one or more processors, the respective candidate profile in view of the one or more potential matches.
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