Systems and methods for audible facial recognition

An apparatus for aiding a visually impaired user to identify individuals, the apparatus comprising:

• a portable image sensor configured to be worn by the visually impaired user and to capture real-time image data from an environment of the user;
• a memory storing instructions;
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• at least one portable processor device configured to execute the instructions to:
• determine an existence of first face-identifying information in the real-time image data;
• access at least one database storing facial information associated with selected individuals and audible indicators of identities of the individuals;
• compare the first face-identifying information in the real-time image data with the stored facial information in the at least one database;
• identify a match between the first face-identifying information in the real-time image data and the stored facial information in the at least one database;
• based on the match, cause an audible indicator of an identity of an associated individual to be announced to the visually impaired user;
• determine that the first face-identifying information related to the associated individual is no longer present in the real-time image data;
• after the determination that the first face-identifying information related to the associated individual is rip longer present in the real-time image data, determine that new face-identifying information related to the associated individual appears in the real-time image data within a predetermined time period after the first face-identifying information was present in the real-time image data;
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• based on the determination that the new face-identifying information related to the associated individual appears in the real-time image data within the predetermined time period, withhold an audible identification of the associated individual.