COUNTING AND MONITORING METHOD USING FACE DETECTION
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1. A method for detecting a person, comprising:
- providing a video source at a predetermined location to capture video containing people passing through a field of view of the video source at the predetermined location;
providing the video to an analytics component to determine at least one bodily characteristic of each person passing through the field of view of the video source;
storing an image of each person in a database; and
determining if each person is a customer or store associate.
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Abstract
Video is often used to count and identify people entering and exiting an area, such as a store. This information may be used to determine the number and amount of time people are in the area, and other statistics and characteristics. These variables may be skewed by the associates employed or working in the area, instead of patrons or others. The present disclosure is directed to method for eliminating associates from video by facial analysis and the application of analytics.
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1. A method for detecting a person, comprising:
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providing a video source at a predetermined location to capture video containing people passing through a field of view of the video source at the predetermined location; providing the video to an analytics component to determine at least one bodily characteristic of each person passing through the field of view of the video source; storing an image of each person in a database; and determining if each person is a customer or store associate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for detecting a person, comprising:
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providing a video source at a predetermined location to capture video containing people passing through a field of view of the video source at the predetermined location; providing the video to an analytics component to determine bodily characteristics of the people passing through the field of view of the video source to determine a face of each person in the video; storing an image of the face of each person in a database; and providing a face album to a user interface, the face album presenting plural images, each of the plural images being of a unique face retrieved from the database. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A tangible computer readable medium containing computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer cause the computer to perform a method, comprising:
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providing a video source at a predetermined location to capture video containing people passing through a field of view of the video source at the predetermined location; providing the video to an analytics component to determine at least one bodily characteristic of each person passing through the field of view of the video source; storing an image of each person in a database; and determining if each person is a customer or store associate. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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