System and Method for Generating a Photographic Police Lineup
AssigneeIntergraph Corporation
InventorsMichael Copeland Graham, Timothy Mark McIntire, Anthony Klotz, Xiangdong Yang
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Abstract
Various embodiments enable computers to automatically create photographic lineups for police use and, in so doing, eliminate risks associate with subject judgment involved in human selection of fillers for such photographic lineups. Moreover, various improve the reliability of photographic lineups by selecting images of fillers that are similar to, but not too similar to, an image of the suspect.
Claims20
A system for creating a photographic lineup, including an image of a suspect in a crime, the system comprising:
- a communications interface configured to receive the image of the suspect;
- a filler module configured to:
- compare the image of the suspect to a plurality of available images, and
- select, from the plurality of available images, a set of filler images, the filler images being similar to, but not overly similar to, the image of the suspect;
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- a lineup generation module configured to produce a photographic lineup including the image of the suspect and the filler images.
A method for operating a photographic lineup, including an image of the face of a suspect, the method comprising:
- analyzing the image of the face of the suspect to develop a set of objective suspect facial features;
- analyzing each face in a set of potential filler images to develop, for each face in the set of filler images, a set of objective filler facial features;
- for each face in the set of filler images, applying a rule comparing the set of objective suspect facial features to a corresponding set of objective facial features, to select, from the set of potential filler images, a set of selected filler images;
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- producing a photographic lineup, the photographic lineup including the image of the face of the suspect, and the set of selected filler images.
A system for creating a photographic lineup, including an image of a suspect in a crime, the system comprising:
- a communications interface configured to receive the image of the suspect;
- means for comparing the image of the suspect to a plurality of available images;
- means for selecting, from the plurality of available images, a set of filler images, the filler images being similar to, but not overly similar to, the image of the suspect;
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- means for generating a photographic lineup including the image of the suspect and the set of filler images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.