Google Acquires Facial Recognition Company

July 27, 2011-  Facial recognition software company, PittPatt (Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition) announced that it has been acquired by Google.  PittPatt was spun out of  a research arm of Carnegie Mellon University and develops software to identify individuals in video and still images.  According to the PTO, the company currently holds one issued US patent (with a 2006 priority) and two published applications on its technology.