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Counting and monitoring method using face detection

  • US 9,928,409 B2
  • Filed: 11/01/2016
  • Issued: 03/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for detecting a person in a store via a video processing system, comprising:

  • receiving, by a video processing system, video captured by a video source at a predetermined location, wherein the video source captures video containing people passing through a field of view of the video source at the predetermined location;

    processing the video, by the video processing system, to determine at least one bodily characteristic of each person passing through the field of view of the video source;

    storing, by the video processing system, an image of each person in a database, the image being from the video, wherein the image is stored in the database in accordance with the at least one bodily characteristic;

    profiling, by the video processing system, each body part of store associates based on an analysis of full body images of the store associates;

    determining, by the video processing system, if each person is a customer or store associate based upon the at least one bodily characteristic and using the profiled store associates;

    creating, by the video processing system, an album comprising a plurality of images, wherein each of the plural images is of a unique person retrieved from the database; and

    providing, by the video processing system, the album to a user interface for display.

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