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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2003
Dennis C. Ehn, Newton, MA (US);
Francis J. Cusack, Jr., Groton, MA (US);
Dennis C. Ehn, Newton, MA (US);
Francis J. Cusack, Jr., Groton, MA (US);
Viisage Technology, Inc., Littleton, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for identifying an individual are provided. The systems and methods make use of principal component analysis and account for intra-individual variation by utilizing a plurality of images obtained from a stream of data representing a plurality of images of the individual. To identify the individual the system and method account for the intra-individual variation in the stream of data to produce a compensated representation of the individual. The system and method and to match the compensated representation a representation from a reference database to identify the individual.