System and method for face capture and matching

A face capture and matching system comprising:

• a memory storing machine readable instructions to:
• receive captured images of an area monitored by an image capture device;
• detect at least one face in the captured images;
• track movement of the at least one detected face in the area monitored by the image capture device;
• based on the at least one tracked detected face, select at least one image from the captured images to be used for identifying the at least one tracked detected face;
• and
• select at least one fusion technique to identify the at least one tracked detected face using the at least one selected image;
• selectively queue selected ones of the captured images to process the selected ones of the captured images based on a determination of a predetermined number of the at least one detected face for movement tracking;
• and
• a processor to implement the machine readable instructions.

A method for face capture and matching, the method comprising:

• receiving captured images of an area monitored by an image capture device;
• detecting at least one face in the captured images;
• tracking movement of the at least one detected face in the area monitored by the image capture device by
• determining that the at least one tracked detected face is of a same person if the at least one tracked detected face is located within a predetermined distance in consecutive captured images,
• determining that the at least one tracked detected face is of the same person if the at least one tracked detected face is located along a calculated direction of movement in the consecutive captured images, or
• determining that the at least one tracked detected face is of the same person based on a size of the at least one tracked detected face in the consecutive captured images;
• based on the at least one tracked detected face, selecting at least one image from the captured images to be used for identifying the at least one tracked detected face;
• and
• selecting, by a processor, at least one fusion technique to identify the at least one tracked detected face using the at least one selected image.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer executable program to provide face capture and matching, the computer executable program when executed causes a computer system to:

• receive captured images of an area monitored by an image capture device;
• detect at least one face in the captured images;
• track movement of the at least one detected face in the area monitored by the image capture device;
• based on the at least one tracked detected face, select at least one image from the captured images to be used for identifying the at least one tracked detected face;
• and
• select, by a processor, at least one fusion technique to identify the at least one tracked detected face using the at least one selected image by using a matching template fusion technique based on a combination of a plurality of frontal faces to generate a fused matching template to identify the at least one tracked detected face.