Wireless Facial Recognition

• US 20110169932A1
• Filed: 01/06/2011
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: New Scale Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: New Scale Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Bailey, Kenneth S., Mula, Paul Salvador
• Application Number:
  US12/985,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20110169932A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/95 structured as a network, e.g. client-server architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes

Abstract

Identifying individuals ad-hoc by a user wearing specially designed glasses that include a hidden internal display screen that can be seen only by the user or wearer of the glasses that is wirelessly linked to a central database to determine via facial imaging techniques the identity of the person or persons standing in front of the user or wearer of the glasses. Information can be obtained from a social networking site which can include age, marital status, preferences, vices and habits, ethnic background, frequently viewed websites, personality traits, dating habits, color preferences, educational background, criminal history, family history, average annual income, religious beliefs, clubs memberships, associations, date of birth, and other such individual data. The information can be instantly provided to the user of the glasses, to help in identifying local people.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

an eyeglasses frame, including first and second lenses, and first and second arms, connected to the lenses,

said frame including attached thereto, at least one camera which obtains a photo of a person at which at least one portion of the frame is being pointed, and said camera connected to at least one wireless communication device which sends information from the camera to a remote location.

2. The system as in claim 1, wherein said camera is mounted on a location between said first and second lenses.

3. The system as in claim 1, further comprising an antenna for said wireless communication device, said antenna built into one of said first and second arms.

4. The system as in claim 1, further comprising at least one video screen, built into an inside portion of at least one of said lenses.

5. The system as in claim 4, wherein said wireless communication device receives information that is displayed on said at least one video screen.

6. The system as in claim 5, wherein there are two video screens, one on each of the inside of each lens.

7. The system as in claim 6, further comprising a video driver that creates different information for each of said two screens.

8. The device as in claim 5, further comprising an infrared detection device, that detects distance information about a remote object, and communicate said distances information using said wireless communication device.

9. The system as in claim 1, further comprising a computing device, that obtains information from said camera, and compares that information with information from an Internet-based social networking site, to compare image information from said camera with image information from said Internet-based social networking site, and to recognize a person based on said compare.

10. The system of claim 4, further comprising a computing device, that obtains information from said camera, and compares that information with information from an Internet-based social networking site, to compare image information from said camera with image information from said site, and to recognize a person based on said information, and wherein said computing device also sends information that is based on said recognize, from said Internet-based site to said video screen.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein said computing device stores and index of people to be recognized, and compares images with said index.

12. A method of recognizing faces based on information received by a local device, comprising:

receiving an image of a face on a camera device that is attached to a face of a user;

sending information from said camera device to a remote computer using a wireless communication device which is attached to said face of said user; and

receiving information and displaying said information to the user on a device that is attached to said face of said user.

13. The method as in claim 12, wherein said device that is attached to said face of said user includes an eyeglasses frame, including first and second lenses, and first and second arms, connected to the lenses, wherein said camera is mounted on a location between said first and second lenses.

14. The method as in claim 13, wherein said sending and receiving uses an antenna for said wireless communication device, said antenna built into one of said first and second arms.

15. The method as in claim 12, further comprising obtaining biometric distance information from said device attached to said facing said user, and communicating said biometric distance information to said remote computer.

16. The method as in claim 12, wherein said receiving information comprises receiving information based on comparing said information from said camera with an Internet-based social networking site.

17. The method as in claim 16, wherein said receiving information receives information identifying a person associated with said face and uniquely indicative of said person.

18. A method of recognizing faces, comprising:

obtaining information indicative of the number of faces of people from one or more social networking websites;

storing information indicative of the faces of the people, said information indicative of an index of said faces of said people;

receiving information indicative of a face;

comparing said information to said index; and

returning information from the index to a remote location, said information including at least an identity and at least one other piece of information from the social networking website.

19. A method as in claim 18, further comprising receiving information indicative of biometric characteristics, and wherein said comparing use of said information indicative of the face and also said information indicative of said biometric characteristics.