Methods and systems of comparing face models for recognition

A system of providing representation and manipulation of surfaces with perceptual geometric features, the system comprising:

• a computer processor communicatively coupled to an input output device;
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• a memory, residing in the computer processor, having a dynamic repository and a program unit containing a computer readable and computer executable program, wherein the computer readable and computer executable program residing in the program unit, when executed by the computer processor causes the computer processor to perform operations of:
• receiving a request to perform operations of visualization of surfaces;
• initiating the computer processor to execute representation and manipulation of surfaces operations computer readable and computer executable program code;
• describing a first plurality of geometric models with a first plurality of geometric surface features significant to a human visual system;
• detecting a second plurality of geometric surface features on a second plurality of existing geometric models which are comparable to the first plurality of geometric surface features significant to the human visual system described in the first plurality of geometric models, wherein the first plurality of geometric surface features significant to the human visual system are psychophysics geometric surface features, wherein detecting the second plurality of geometric surface features includes calling and executing, by the computer processor, algorithms from a group of algorithms consisting of image based feature detection algorithms and event detection algorithms and surface properties measurement algorithms which identify detected feature points together with identifying detected curves, concerning detecting a group of image based features, and wherein event detection includes detecting events which identify parabolic curves identifying lips and beaks, by identifying changes in silhouette, identifying changes in self occlusion and identifying changes in self shadows, representing, to the human visual system, varying perceptually significant geometric surface features;
• comparing the first plurality of geometric surface features significant to the human visual system with the second plurality of geometric surface features, wherein comparing includes analyzing perceptual geometric features by considering the plurality of psychophysics feature models favoring the human visual system;
• filling in features, between the first plurality of geometric surface features and the second plurality of geometric features, using a model matching algorithm to create one of a partial model and an entire model of new features, wherein the model matching algorithm performs operations selected from a group of operations consisting of an operation of determining a change in surface normal vectors, wherein surface normal vectors are integral to creating a plurality of perceptually geometric features, and a rule based operation of filling missing features between the first plurality of geometric surfaces features and the second plurality of geometric features of existing geometric models, thereby connecting features together, based on feature rules of the rule based operation and hierarchical descriptions determining dominant features, absent standard model descriptions;
• rendering, by the computer processor using the model matching algorithm, comparisons of geometric surface features of the plurality of existing psychophysics feature models and perceptual geometric features and one of the partial model and the entire model of new features;
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• applying results of a plurality of analyzing, determining and rendering operations, to tasks in which one of shapes and spatial relations require the plurality of analyzing and determining operations, in processes of recognizing and understanding, in terms of the human visual system, one of face visualization models and terrain visualization models.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of computer readable and computer executable instructions of a method of representation and manipulation of surfaces with perceptual geometric features when executed on a computer processor, causes the computer processor to execute computer readable and computer executable instructions to perform operations of a method comprising:

• instructions initiating the computer processor to execute representation and manipulation of surfaces operations computer readable and computer executable program code, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium includes a non-transitory computer readable data storage medium including storage devices, such as tape drives, disc drives and thumb drives;
• instructions describing a first plurality of geometric models with a first plurality of geometric surface features significant to a human visual system;
• instructions detecting a second plurality of geometric surface features on a second plurality of existing geometric models which are comparable to the first plurality of geometric surface features significant to the human visual system described in the first plurality of geometric models, wherein the first plurality of geometric surface features significant to the human visual system are psychophysics geometric surface features, wherein detecting the second plurality of geometric surface features includes calling and executing, by the computer processor, algorithms from a group of algorithms consisting of image based feature detection algorithms and event detection algorithms and surface properties measurement algorithms which identify detected feature points together with identifying detected curves, concerning detecting a group of image based features, and wherein event detection includes detecting events which identify parabolic curves identifying lips and beaks, by identifying changes in silhouette, identifying changes in self occlusion and identifying changes in self shadows, representing, to the human visual system, varying perceptually significant geometric surface features;
• instructions comparing the first plurality of geometric surface features significant to the human visual system with the second plurality of geometric surface features, wherein comparing includes analyzing perceptual geometric features by considering the plurality of psychophysics feature models favoring the human visual system;
• instructions filling in features, between the first plurality of geometric surface features and the second plurality of geometric features, using a model matching algorithm to create one of a partial model and an entire model of new features, wherein the model matching algorithm performs operations selected from a group of operations consisting of an operation of determining a change in surface normal vectors, wherein surface normal vectors are integral to creating a plurality of perceptually geometric features, and a rule based operation of filling missing features between the first plurality of geometric surfaces features and the second plurality of geometric features of existing geometric models, thereby connecting features together, based on feature rules of the rule based operation and hierarchical descriptions determining dominant features, absent standard model descriptions;
• instructions rendering, by the computer processor using the model matching algorithm, comparisons of geometric surface features of the plurality of existing psychophysics feature models and perceptual geometric features and one of the partial model and the entire model of new features;
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• instructions applying results of from a plurality of analyzing, determining and rendering operations, to tasks in which one of shapes and spatial relations require the plurality of analyzing and determining and rendering operations, in processes of recognizing and understanding, in terms of the human visual system, one of face visualization models and terrain visualization models.