Face imaging system for recordal and automated identity confirmation
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Abstract
A face imaging system for recordal and/or automated identity confirmation, including a camera unit and a camera unit controller. The camera unit includes a video camera, a rotatable mirror system for directing images of the security area into the video camera, and a ranging unit for detecting the presence of a target and for providing target range data, comprising distance, angle and width information, to the camera unit controller. The camera unit controller includes software for detecting face images of the target, tracking of detected face images, and capture of high quality face images. A communication system is provided for sending the captured face images to an external controller for face verification, face recognition and database searching. Face detection and face tracking is performed using the combination of video images and range data and the captured face images are recorded and/or made available for face recognition and searching.
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54 Claims
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8. A face imaging system for recordal and/or automated identity confirmation of a target, said face imaging system comprising:
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a camera unit controller; and a video camera for capturing images of the target and sending said target images to said camera unit controller, said target images being automatically and continually captured and sent to said camera unit controller at a specified time interval; said camera unit controller comprising; a face detection system configured to continually and sequentially analyze said target images for the purpose of detecting face images within said target images, said face images having a quality; and a face capture system configured to continually and sequentially analyze said face images and to capture a selected one of said face images only when said quality of said selected face image is sufficient for optimum face recognition, said face capture system comprising a quality assessment system for determining when said quality of said face images is sufficient for optimum face recognition. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A face imaging system for recordal and/or automated identity confirmation of a target within, said face imaging system comprising:
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a camera unit, comprising; a camera unit controller; and a video camera for capturing images of the target and sending said target images to said camera unit controller, said target images being automatically and continually captured and sent to said camera unit controller at a specified time interval; said camera unit controller comprising; a face detection system configured to continually and sequentially analyze said target images for the purpose of detecting face images within said target images, said face images having a quality; a face tracking system configured to track said face images; and a face capture system configured to continually and sequentially analyze said face images and to capture a selected one of said face images only when said quality of said selected face image is sufficient for optimum face recognition, said face capture system comprising a quality assessment system for determining when said quality of said face image is sufficient for optimum face recognition, said quality assessment system configured to automatically control said video camera for the purpose of improving said quality of said face images. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A face imaging system for recordal and/or automated identity confirmation of a target, said face imaging system comprising:
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a camera unit, comprising; a camera unit controller; and a video camera for capturing images of the target and sending said target images to said camera unit controller, said target images being automatically and continually captured and sent to said camera unit controller at a specified time interval, said camera unit including automated horizontal pan, zoom and vertical tilt features; said camera unit controller comprising; a face detection system configured to continually and sequentially analyze said target images for the purpose of detecting face images within said target images, said face images having a quality; a face tracking system configured to track said face images; and a face capture system configured to continually and sequentially analyze said face images and to capture a selected one of said face images only when said quality of said selected face image is sufficient for optimum face recognition, said face capture system comprising a quality assessment system for determining when said quality of said face images is sufficient for optimum face recognition, said quality assessment system configured to automatically control said video camera for the purpose of improving said quality of said face images. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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