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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

May. 21, 2014
Applicant:

Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jiri Slaby, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

William S. Pierce, Algonquin, IL (US);

Lawrence A. Willis, McHenry, IL (US);

Assignee:

Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/265 (2013.01); G06F 17/3028 (2013.01); G06F 17/30247 (2013.01); G06K 9/00288 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/332 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01);
Abstract

This document describes techniques and apparatuses for implementing adaptive low-light identification. These techniques and apparatuses enable a computing device to capture infrared (IR) imagery of a person and determine, based on previously-captured IR imagery of multiple people, an identity of the person. Visible-light imagery of the identified person can then be retrieved and combined with the IR imagery to provide composite imagery of the person, which is presented to a user. By so doing, the user can more-easily identify the person, particularly in low-light conditions.


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