Automated portrait, photo pose, and soft biometrics capture system
OwnerCecil Hugh Watsoninventor
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Abstract
A system for capturing, identifying, and processing images and soft biometrics includes an image capture device, a pan and tilt device, a speaker for audio feedback, and a microphone for voice capture, all controlled by a computing device. Image capture is enhanced by detecting image focus, facial recognition matching, detecting the number of subjects and unwanted objects, and checking the cropped image by detecting whether eyes and mouth are open or closed, detecting redeye, detecting background color, detecting lighting conditions, and detecting subject location, pose and expression. Soft biometrics including scars, marks, and tattoos are also identified, cropped and classified.
Claims20
A system for capturing, identifying, and processing images and soft biometrics comprising:
- an image capture device configured to capture an image;
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- a computing device configured to control the image capture device, wherein the computing device is configured to:
- detect whether the image is properly focused and, if the image is not focused, prompt an operator to recapture the image;
- detect a subject in the image;
- crop the subject from the image to generate a cropped subject image;
- detect a scar, mark, or tattoo (SMT) in the cropped subject image;
- determine a color and a size of the detected SMT using computer vision;
- determine an on-body location of the detected SMT using a deep learning model;
- generated a cropped SMT image that extends beyond boundaries of the SMT to visually convey the on-body location of the detected SMT.
A system for capturing, identifying, and processing images and soft biometrics comprising:
- an image capture device configured to capture an image;
- and
- a computing device configured to control the image capture device, wherein the computing device is configured to:
- detect whether a captured image is focused and, if the captured image is not focused, prompt an operator to recapture the image;
- determine whether a subject is in a correct pose and, if the subject is not in the correct pose, prompt the subject to move to the correct pose before capturing the image;
- crop the captured image and, if the captured image cannot be cropped, prompt the operator to recapture the image;
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- detect, crop, and classify any scar, mark, or tattoo (SMT) that is present in the captured image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.