BIOMETRIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEM

• US 20150154462A1
• Filed: 02/02/2015
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FaceFirst, LLC
• Original Assignee: FaceFirst, LLC
• Inventors: Rosenkrantz, Joseph Ethan
• Granted Patent: US 9,626,574 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/95 structured as a network, e.g. client-server architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/168 Feature extraction; Face representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A biometric notification system compares images or indicia of images and where there is a match provides a notification of the same.

Claims

1. A managed biometric-based notification system for identifying a predetermined person by using biometrics and notifying at least one user of this, the system comprising:

at least one image acquiring system adapted to capture a first content comprising a feature set;

a comparison module configured to receive the first content, the comparison module including at least one processor, at least one database comprising a second content, the second content comprising a feature set of the predetermined person, at least one search engine operatively coupled with the at least one image acquiring system and the at least one database, a memory, the at least one processor is operatively coupled with the at least one image acquiring system and the at least one search engine, programmed to execute a series of instructions, stored on the memory, to compare the feature set of the first content with a feature set of the second content to determine a comparison and compare the comparison with a threshold for similarity, the threshold for similarity being modifiable by the at least one user;

at least one notification component including at least one transmitted data point;

at least one pre-selected receiving node of at least one user;

a content management module arranged for controlling and managing the system, the content management module comprising;

a case module configured to update the second content stored in the database with the first content acquired by the image acquiring system;

a notification module configured to determine a transmission of the at least one notification component to the pre-selected receiving node of the at least one user;

a subscription content module configured to increase the second content by utilizing data from a third party, wherein subscription allows the comparison module to extract and compare the feature set of the first content and a feature set of the second content from the third party;

a database browsing and reporting module configured to allow the at least one user to search the database and generate reports; and

a support module configured to communicate with an administrator of the managed biometric-based notification system wherein the content management module is configured to transmit the notification component to the at least one pre-selected receiving node as a result of the compared feature sets of the first and second content upon at least meeting the similarity requirement.

2. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the at least one image acquiring system is disposed in at least one commercial environment.

3. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 2 including a central database operatively coupled to at least one commercial environment.

4. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 including the at least one image acquiring system connected to at least one server.

5. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 4 wherein the at least one image acquiring system includes a processor programmed to execute a series of instructions, stored on a memory, to process the feature set of the first content, storing the first content at the server, and transmitting the first content upon compared feature sets of the first and second content.

6. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the at least one image acquiring system includes a machine vision camera.

7. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the second content is predetermined.

8. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the second content is determined by a local commercial environment.

9. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the second content includes a plurality of associated data.

10. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein an operator is included in comparing the first and second content.

11. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 where the at least one transmitted notification component and the at least one transmitted data point are preselected.

12. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the at least one transmitted data point includes an image.

13. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the at least one transmitted data point is comprised of at least one of audio and textual information.

14. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the at least one notification component is transmitted via short messaging service communications protocol.

15. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the at least one notification component activates an event.

16. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the pre-selected receiving node is a transceiver.

17. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the pre-selected receiving node generates the second content.

18. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the system is operatively coupled by a network.

19. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 1 wherein the at least one image acquiring system is the at least one pre-selected receiving node.

20. The managed biometric-based notification system of claim 19 wherein the at least one-pre-selected receiving node is a mobile device.