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Systems and methods for identifying images

  • US 6,430,306 B2
  • Filed: 06/20/1997
  • Issued: 08/06/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a system for generating identification cards having an image acquisition element for acquiring an image of a face of a selected person requesting an identification card, a computer system comprising:

  • a database having data regarding registered persons having a previously manufactured identification card, wherein the database holds for each of the registered persons, personal information and a representation of an image of a face of the registered person, said representation comprising a weighted set of eigenvector values for a multi-dimensional image space that are associated with the face of the registered person;

    a recognition component for searching the database and recognizing a substantial match between the image of the face of the selected person acquired by the image acquisition element and one of the representations of an image of a face of a given registered person in the database;

    a comparison component for determining if personal information provided by the selected person matches personal information of the given registered person when the comparison component recognizes a substantial match between the image of the face of the selected person acquired by the image acquisition element and the representation of the image of the face of the given registered person in the database; and

    an enforcement component for preventing generation of an identification card for the selected party where the recognition component recognizes a substantial match and the comparison component determines that the personal information provided by the selected person does not match personal information of the given registered person in the database.

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