FACE RECOGNITION USING CONCEALED MOBILE CAMERA

• US 20170098118A1
• Filed: 05/18/2015
• Published: 04/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AGT International GMBH
• Original Assignee: AGT International GMBH
• Inventors: AZULAY, Shay, LORMAN, Guy, SOFER, Ofer, GANESAN, Shree, APELBAUM, Yaacov
• Application Number:
  US15/312,349
• Publication Number:
  US 20170098118A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/166 using acquisition arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/179 metadata assisted face recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4415 using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861

Abstract

A system for face recognition includes a mobile camera that is configured to be carried in a concealed manner by a user. A processor is in communication with the camera and is configured to apply face recognition to an image that is obtained from the camera. The processor is further configured to determine if a notification is to be issued and to issue a notification to a notification device.

Claims

1. A system for face recognition, the system comprising:

a mobile camera that is configured to be carried in a concealed manner by a user; and

a processor in communication with the camera and configured to;

obtain an image that is acquired by the camera;

apply face recognition to the obtained image;

determine if a notification is to be issued; and

issue a notification to a notification device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the camera is concealed within an eyeglass frame that is configured to be worn by the user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to be carried by the user.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to be carried in a backpack.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is located remotely from the user.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising a mobile unit that is configured to be carried by the user.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the mobile unit comprises a transmitter to transmit an image that is acquired by the camera to the processor.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to obtain the image via a wireless communication channel

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the wireless communication channel comprises a virtual private network.

10. The system of claim 1, comprising an encoder for digitally encoding an analog video signal from the camera as a digital video signal.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the digital video signal is encoded in H.264 format.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the encoder is further configured to encode an analog audio signal as a digital audio signal.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the digital audio signal is encoded using an Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) encoding scheme

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising a Global Positioning System receiver to determine a location at which the obtained image was acquired.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the notification device comprises a smartphone.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising a concealed microphone.

17. A method for face recognition, the method comprising:

obtaining an image that is acquired by a camera that is being carried by a user in a concealed manner; and

applying face recognition to the obtained image to determine if a notification is to be issued to a notification device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein applying the face recognition comprises determining if a face that is identified in the obtained image matches a face in a database of faces.

19. The method of claim 17 further comprising issuing the notification to the notification device.

20. A computer readable medium comprising instructions which when implemented in a processor cause the processor to implement the operations of the method of claim 17.