# US 2019/0095468 A1 · Method and system for identifying an individual in a digital image displayed on a screen

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- Number: US 2019/0095468 A1
- Document ID: US20190095468A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/113,921
- Filed: 2018-08-27
- Published: 2019-03-28
- Earliest claimed: 2006-09-24
- Assignees: Avigilon Patent Holding 1 Corporation
- Applicants: Avigilon Patent Holding 1 Corporation
- Inventors: Charles A. Myers; Alex Shah
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190095468A1

## CPC

- G06F 16/56: having vectorial format
- G06V 20/30: in albums, collections or shared content, e.g. social network photos or video
- G06V 40/161: {Detection; Localisation; Normalisation}
- G06V 40/168: {Feature extraction; Face representation}
- G06V 40/172: {Classification, e.g. identification}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

## Abstract

A system and method for identifying an image of an individual by touching a screen in a photo is disclosed herein. A feature vector of an individual is used to analyze other photos on a database or social networking website such as FACEBOOK® to determine if an image of the individual is present in a photo of the set of photos. Photos having an image of the individual are tagged preferably by listing a URL or URI for each of the photos in a database.

## Claims

### Claim 1

(canceled)

### Claim 2

A method comprising:
broadcasting a video over a network;
receiving the video at a device that includes a touch screen display;
displaying the video on the touch screen display;
receiving user input via the touch screen display while the video is being broadcasted, the user input identifying a region on the display corresponding to a facial image to be analyzed;
analyzing the facial image to obtain a feature vector;
comparing the feature vector to a plurality of feature vectors stored in a database to obtain at least one comparison result that identifies a single individual across a plurality of images; and
employing the comparison result to enable information about the single individual to be collected from a plurality of different storages; and
presenting the collected information on the touch screen display.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2 wherein the video is a pre-recorded video.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3 wherein the pre-recorded video is a movie.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2 wherein the device is a mobile phone or tablet computer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2 wherein the different storages include a plurality of Internet-accessible media content repositories.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6 wherein each of the plurality of Internet-accessible media content repositories is maintained by a different company.

### Claim 8

A method comprising:
providing pre-recorded video over a network;
receiving the pre-recorded video at a device that includes a touch screen display;
displaying the pre-recorded video on the touch screen display;
receiving user input via the touch screen display while the pre-recorded video is being played, the user input identifying a region on the display corresponding to a facial image to be analyzed;
analyzing the facial image to obtain a feature vector;
comparing the feature vector to a plurality of feature vectors stored in a database to obtain at least one comparison result that identifies a single individual across a plurality of images; and
employing the comparison result to enable information about the single individual to be collected from a plurality of different storages; and
presenting the collected information on the touch screen display.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8 wherein the pre-recorded video is a movie.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8 wherein the device is a mobile phone or tablet computer.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8 wherein the different storages include a plurality of Internet-accessible media content repositories.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11 wherein each of the plurality of Internet-accessible media content repositories is maintained by a different company.