Image recognition
First Claim
1. Apparatus for obtaining personal information related to a target person, comprising:
- a user device comprising an image acquisition device for capturing an image of said target person;
a database of stored image data items each relating to one of a plurality of candidate persons, each image data item being associated with stored personal data relating to the respective candidate person;
a search engine for matching the captured image of the target person to a candidate person image data item and retrieving the personal data relating thereto, wherein a search is limited to candidate person image data items that relate to further user devices that are in the same geographical area as the user device;
an output device for presenting, to a user, the personal data relating to the target person; and
control means, operable by each candidate person, to control third party access to the stored personal data relating to the candidate person.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system and method for obtaining information relating to a person, such as contact details, without face-to-face, verbal or other contact. The apparatus uses an image recognition system for obtaining personal information related to a target person, and includes: an image acquisition device for capturing an image of a target person; a database of stored image data items each relating to one of a plurality of candidate persons, each image data item being associated with stored personal data relating to the respective candidate person; a search engine for matching the captured image of the target person to a candidate person image data item and retrieving the personal data relating thereto; a display device for displaying the personal data relating to the target person; and control device, operable by each candidate person, to control third party access to the stored personal data relating to the candidate person.
-
Citations
17 Claims
-
1. Apparatus for obtaining personal information related to a target person, comprising:
-
a user device comprising an image acquisition device for capturing an image of said target person; a database of stored image data items each relating to one of a plurality of candidate persons, each image data item being associated with stored personal data relating to the respective candidate person; a search engine for matching the captured image of the target person to a candidate person image data item and retrieving the personal data relating thereto, wherein a search is limited to candidate person image data items that relate to further user devices that are in the same geographical area as the user device; an output device for presenting, to a user, the personal data relating to the target person; and control means, operable by each candidate person, to control third party access to the stored personal data relating to the candidate person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A portable device for obtaining personal information related to a target person, comprising:
-
an image acquisition device for capturing an image of said target person; means for accessing a remote database of stored image data items each of relating to one of a plurality of candidate persons, each image data item being associated with personal data relating to the respective candidate person; means for retrieving the personal data relating to a candidate person for which the captured image data of the target person matches the stored image data item of the candidate person; an output device for presenting, to a user, the retrieved personal data relating to the target person; and control means to control third party access to the database of personal data relating to said candidate person; wherein the means for accessing and the means for retrieving include a wireless communication device that is adapted to communicate with a plurality of further portable devices, the further portable devices together forming the remote database; and wherein the range of the wireless communication device limits the further portable devices that form the remote database to the geographical area of the portable device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
-
-
13. A system for providing personal information related to a target person, comprising:
-
a database of stored image data items each relating to one of a plurality of candidate persons, each image data item being associated with personal data relating to the respective candidate person; means for receiving, from a remote user device including an image acquisition device, a captured image of said target person; a search engine for matching the captured image of the target person to a candidate person image data item and retrieving the personal data relating thereto, wherein a search is limited to candidate person image data items that relate to further user devices that are in the same geographical area as the remote user device; means for transmitting, to a remote output device, the personal data relating to the target person; and control means, operable by each candidate person, to control third party access to the stored personal data relating to the candidate person.
-
-
14. A method of obtaining information related to a target person, comprising the steps of:
-
capturing an image of said target person, the image captured by a user device including an image acquisition device; supplying image data from the captured image to a database of stored image data items each relating to one of a plurality of candidate persons, each image data item being associated with personal data relating to the respective candidate person; searching the database to match the captured image of the target person with a candidate person image data item and retrieving the personal data relating thereto, wherein a search is limited to candidate person image data items that relate to further user devices that are in the same geographical area as the user device; outputting the personal data relating to the target person; and maintaining the database by enabling control, by each candidate person, of third party access to the personal data relating to said candidate person. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
-
Specification