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Google Acquires Facial Recognition Company

July 27, 2011

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.


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