Automated acquisition of facial images
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1. In a computing environment, a computer-implemented method performed on at least one processor, the method comprising:
- determining that data associated with a patient does not have an image representative of the patient assigned to the data;
based on determining that data associated with a patient does not have an image of the patient assigned to the data, automatically acquiring a patient image from documents associated with the patient;
obtaining information for the image that indicates a bounded region indicative of where the patient'"'"'s face appears within a frame of the patient image;
clipping the bounded region from the patient image to obtain a patient facial image;
maintaining the patient facial image in association with the data associated with the patient; and
printing patient facial image data corresponding to the image to a medical item associated with the patient.
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Abstract
Described is a technology by which medical patient facial images are acquired and maintained for associating with a patient'"'"'s records and/or other items. A video camera may provide video frames, such as captured when a patient is being admitted to a hospital. Face detection may be employed to clip the facial part from the frame. Multiple images of a patient'"'"'s face may be displayed on a user interface to allow selection of a representative image. Also described is obtaining the patient images by processing electronic documents (e.g., patient records) to look for a face pictured therein.
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1. In a computing environment, a computer-implemented method performed on at least one processor, the method comprising:
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determining that data associated with a patient does not have an image representative of the patient assigned to the data; based on determining that data associated with a patient does not have an image of the patient assigned to the data, automatically acquiring a patient image from documents associated with the patient; obtaining information for the image that indicates a bounded region indicative of where the patient'"'"'s face appears within a frame of the patient image; clipping the bounded region from the patient image to obtain a patient facial image; maintaining the patient facial image in association with the data associated with the patient; and printing patient facial image data corresponding to the image to a medical item associated with the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. In a computing environment, a system comprising:
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an acquisition mechanism coupled to a source of patient images, the acquisition mechanism further coupled to a face detection algorithm that automatically locates a facial image of a patient within an image of a document based on a determination that data associated with the patient does not have a patient facial image representative of the patient assigned to the data, the acquisition mechanism configured to automatically acquire a patient image from documents associated with the patient and clip the patient facial image from the patient image based upon data received from the face detection algorithm, and maintain patient facial image in a data store in association with information about the patient; and a printing device configured to print facial image data corresponding to the patient facial image to a medical item associated with the patient. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more computer-readable storage devices having computer-executable instructions, which upon execution perform operations comprising:
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determining that data associated with a patient does not have an image representative of the patient assigned to the data; based on determining that data associated with a patient does not have an image of the patient assigned to the data, automatically acquiring a patient image from documents associated with the patient; obtaining a plurality of camera shots of the patient; obtaining information for the camera shots that indicates a bounded region indicative of where a face of the patient appears within respective frames of the camera shots; clipping the bounded region from the camera shots to obtain facial images of the patient; displaying the facial images in association with medical information of the patient; detecting interaction to select a facial image from among the displayed facial images as a selected facial image; maintaining the selected facial image in association with data by which the patient is identifiable; and printing the selected facial image and locating the selected image onto one or more medical items associated with the patient including a drug bottle or device associated with the patient to help prevent patient misidentification with respect to the medical item or items. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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