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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2012
Arinc Incorporated, Annapolis, MD (US);
Rolf R. Stefani, West River, MD (US);
ARINC Incorporated, Annapolis, MD (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for tracking passengers at a travel facility and may include receiving captured facial recognition features of a passenger using a first facial recognition camera at a first known location, determining if the captured facial recognition features of the passenger are stored in a database, wherein if the captured facial recognition features of the passenger are not stored in the database, starting a timer, receiving captured facial recognition features of the passenger using a second facial recognition camera at a second known location, stopping the timer, determining the amount of elapsed time between the received captured facial recognition features of the passenger using the first facial recognition camera at the first known location and the receiving captured facial recognition features of the passenger using the second facial recognition camera at the second known location, outputting the determined amount of elapsed time to at least one or more.