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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2013
Sony Mobile Communications Ab, Lund, SE;
Henrik Heringslack, Lomma, SE;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
A method for identifying a person using a mobile communication device, having a camera unit adapted for recording three-dimensional (3D) images, by recording a 3D image of the person's face using the camera unit, performing face recognition on the 2D image data in the recorded 3D image to determine at least two facial points on the 3D image the of person's face, determining a first distance between the at least two facial points in the 2D image data, determining a second distance between the at least two facial points using the depth data of the recorded 3D image, determining a third distance between the at least two facial points using the first distance and the second distance, and identifying the person by comparing the determined third distance to stored distances in a database, wherein each of the stored distances are associated with a person.