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Targeted content acquisition using image analysis

  • US 8,737,688 B2
  • Filed: 02/09/2012
  • Issued: 05/27/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • affixing a first tag to a first known individual and affixing a second tag to a second known individual, the first tag comprising a uniquely identifiable first feature and the second tag comprising a uniquely identifiable second feature, and each one of the first tag and the second tag having associated therewith a predetermined image-forwarding rule;

    subsequent to affixing the first tag to the first known individual and affixing the second tag to the second known individual, capturing image data within a known field of view of an image capture system;

    using image analysis, identifying within the captured image data the first tag and the second tag, based on the uniquely identifiable first feature and the uniquely identifiable second feature, respectively; and

    processing the captured image data in accordance with the image-forwarding rule associated with the first tag and the image-forwarding rule associated with the second tag,wherein processing the captured image data comprises;

    cropping a first portion of the captured image data containing the first known individual when the image-forwarding rule associated with the first tag comprises a forwarding denial instruction; and

    forwarding to a destination a second portion of the captured image data containing the second known individual, when the image-forwarding rule associated with the second tag comprises an indication of the destination and an authorization for forwarding the captured image data to the destination.

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