Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Association of unique person to a mobile device using repeat face image matching
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Application No.: US15081859Application Date: 2016-03-26
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Publication No.: US10198625B1Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Joonhwa Shin , Rajeev Sharma , Donghun Kim
- Applicant: Joonhwa Shin , Rajeev Sharma , Donghun Kim
- Applicant Address: US PA State College
- Assignee: VideoMining Corporation
- Current Assignee: VideoMining Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US PA State College
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G06K9/00 ; H04W4/02 ; G06K9/62 ; G06T7/20 ; G06K9/52 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
A method and system for associating a physically identifiable feature of a person with the unique identifier of a mobile device carried by the person as detected across repeat visits to a physical location or multiple locations. Specifically, associating the face of a repeat visitor with a unique identifier of a mobile device, such as the device's MAC address, by means of a repeat visit analysis without any explicit or voluntary participation of the person, for example, in a form of providing their information by participation in a survey. For each detection of a particular MAC address associated with a mobile device at a particular physical location, a set of candidate faces can be captured at that physical location. Revisiting faces can be identified and grouped together, and a probability that each group of faces is associated with a particular MAC address can then be calculated. After satisfying several constraints, a maximum probability can be determined, resulting in a match of a particular face to a particular MAC address.
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