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US 2021/0264135 A1Published application
Secure facial recognition
AssigneeAlethealD Limited
InventorsLindsay WHITELAW, Craig DORAN
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Abstract
A method of facial recognition comprises detecting (606) a visual cue (702) within an image (700), the visual cue having a predetermined appearance indicative of a registered user of a facial recognition system (100). A region (706) of the image that includes both the visual cue (702) and a face (705) is identified (608), and facial recognition is performed (620) only within the identified region.
Claims15
A computer-implemented method of facial recognition, the method comprising:
- detecting a visual cue within an image, the visual cue having a predetermined appearance indicative of a registered user of a facial recognition system;
- identifying a region of the image that includes both the visual cue and a face;
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- performing facial recognition within the identified region only.
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