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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chen-Ting Chuang, Pingtung County, TW;
Choon Ping Chng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00885 (2013.01); G06K 9/00362 (2013.01); G06K 9/6202 (2013.01); G06K 9/6215 (2013.01); G06T 1/0007 (2013.01); G06T 7/0044 (2013.01); G06T 7/0061 (2013.01); H04N 13/0271 (2013.01); G06K 2207/1012 (2013.01); G06K 2209/21 (2013.01); G06K 2209/40 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2200/21 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2215/16 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01); H04N 2213/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is described that includes capturing a pixelated depth image of a person with a depth camera. The method also includes identifying body parts from the image. The method also includes forming a vector of distances between the body parts. The method also includes comparing the vector against a database of respective body distance vectors for a plurality of people to identify the person.