Granted Patent B2

US 12,627,658 · App. 18/627,421 · Granted May 12, 2026

Inventor: Kevin Alan Tussy (Las Vegas, NV)

Assignee: FaceTec, Inc.

H04L63/0861G06F21/32G06F21/34G06Q20/3276G06Q20/40145G06V40/166G06V40/167G06V40/172G06V40/50G06V40/67G06V40/70H04W12/06G06V40/20H04W12/65H04W12/68H04W88/02

Abstract

Claims (68)

1 . A method of verifying that a graphic, located on an item, is associated with a person, the method comprising:

capturing one or more images of the graphic on the item;

processing at least one of the one or more images of the graphic to extract graphic-derived face data stored in the graphic, wherein the graphic-derived face data was generated using the one-way conversion processing of at least one image of a person's face;

capturing at least one first image of a face of the person taken with a camera at a first location which is a first distance from the person;

processing the at least one first image or a portion thereof to create first data;

changing the distance between the face of the person and the camera from the first distance to a second distance, wherein the first distance is different than the second distance, and capturing at least one second image of the face of the person;

processing the at least one second image or a portion thereof to create second data;

comparing the first data to the second data to determine whether expected differences, resulting from the at least one first image and the at least one second image being captured at a different distance from the user, exist between the first data and the second data which indicate three-dimensionality of the person;

if the expected differences indicate three-dimensional of the person, then:

processing at least one of the at least one first image or the at least one second image of the face of the person to generate face-derived data representing the face of the person, the face-derived data being generated using one-way conversion processing;

comparing the face-derived data to the graphic-derived face data to develop a similarity value; and

based on the similarity value, generating an indicator representing the likelihood that the graphic is associated with the person.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the item is one of the following: driver's license, identification card, passport, diploma, education transcript, credit card, debit card, airline ticket, shipping label, event ticket, voting ballot, or title of ownership.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the face-derived data comprises a string of alpha and numeric values and the capturing one or more images of the graphic on the item may occur before or after the capturing at least one first image and the capturing at least second first image.

4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the item includes a picture of the person.

5 . The method of claim 4 wherein the method further comprises:

capturing one or more images of the photograph on the item;

processing at least one of the one or more images of the photograph to generate photograph-derived face data representing the face of the person in the photograph, the photograph-derived face data being generated using the one-way conversion processing;

comparing the photograph-derived face data to the face-derived data, the graphic-derived data, or to both to develop a second similarity value; and

based on the second similarity value, generating a second indicator representing the likelihood that the graphic is associated with the person in the photograph on the item.

6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the face-derived data is created by a trusted entity from a trusted face photo of the person.

7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the similarity value must be the same as or greater than a threshold value for the item to be associated with the person.

8 . The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting the face-derived data, the graphic-derived data, or both to a trusted entity for comparing by the trusted entity of the face-derived data, the graphic-derived data, or both to trusted face data stored at the trusted entity.

9 . The method of claim 1 wherein the one-way conversion processing comprises using a hash-type function configured to prevent reverse-processing of the derived data to original data or an image of the person.

10 . A system for verifying an association between a graphic and a person, the graphic located on a document, the system comprising:

at least one camera configured to capture images of a face of the person and a graphic image of the graphic located on the document;

at least one processor configured to execute machine-readable code stored in a non-transitory state; and

a memory storing the machine-readable code in the non-transitory state, the machine-readable code configured to:

capture at least one first image of a face of the person taken with the camera of the computing device at a first location, which is a first distance from the face of the person;

process the at least one first image or a portion thereof to create first data;

capture at least one second image of the face of the person taken with the camera of the computing device at a second distance from the face of the person, the second distance being different than the first distance;

process the at least one second image or a portion thereof to create second data;

comparing the first data to the second data to determine whether expected differences exist between the first data and the second data which indicates liveness of the person;

responsive to the comparing indicating liveness of the person, the machine-readable code further configured to:

process at least one of the one or more images of the face of the person to generate face-derived data representing the face of the person, the face-derived data being generated using a one-way conversion process;

capture one or more images of the graphic on the item;

processing at least one of the one or more images of the graphic to extract graphic-derived face data stored in the graphic, wherein the graphic-derived face data was generated using the one-way conversion process;

comparing the face-derived data to the graphic-derived face data to develop a similarity value; and

based on the similarity value, generating an indicator representing the likelihood that the graphic is associated with the person.

11 . The system of claim 10 wherein the document comprises one of the following: driver's license, title of ownership, school transcript, transaction check, identification card, event ticket or voting ballot.

12 . The system of claim 10 wherein the face-derived code and the graphic-derived code comprise a string of alpha-numeric values and the one-way conversion process used to create the face-derived code and the graphic-derived code prevents the face-derived code or the graphic-derived code from being reverse processed to create an image of the face of the person.

13 . The system of claim 10 wherein the machine-readable code is further configured to:

capture one or more images of the photograph on the item;

process at least one of the one or more images of the photograph to generate photograph-derived face data representing the face of the person in the photograph, the photograph-derived face data being generated using the one-way conversion processing;

compare the photograph-derived face data to the face-derived data, to the graphic-derived feature vector data, or to both to develop a second similarity value; and

based on the second similarity value, generate a second indicator representing the likelihood that the graphic is associated with the person in the photograph on the item.

14 . The system of claim 10 wherein the machine-readable code is further configured to:

transmit the face-derived code, the graphic-derived code, or both to a trusted entity; and the trusted entity comparing the face-derived code, the graphic-derived code, or both to trusted face codes stored or generated at the trusted entity.

15 . A method for verifying an association of an identification document with a person presenting the identification document comprising:

capturing one or more images of a graphic on the identification document, the graphic comprising a two-dimensional machine readable code;

processing at least one of the one or more images of the graphic to extract a graphic-derived code, the graphic-derived code comprising data representing an image of the person's face, wherein the graphic-derived code is generated using a one-way conversion process;

transmitting the graphic-derived code to a trusted entity;

at the trusted entity, processing the graphic-derived code sent to search for a matching trusted code, the trusted code comprising data previously generated from images of a person's face or an image of a person's face using the one-way conversion process, wherein the images of the person's face are captured and processed as follows:

capturing at least one first image of a face of the person taken with a camera at a first location which is a first distance from the person;

processing the at least one first image or a portion thereof to create first data;

changing the distance between the face of the person and the camera from the first distance to a second distance, wherein the first distance is different than the second distance, and capturing at least one second image of the face of the person;

processing the at least one second image or a portion thereof to create second data;

comparing the first data to the second data to determine whether expected differences, resulting from the at least one first image and the at least one second image being captured at a different distance from the user, exist between the first data and the second data to evaluate three-dimensionality, liveness, or both of the person;

comparing the graphic-derived code to the trusted code to develop a similarity value; and

providing the similarity value to a requesting entity, the requesting entity comprising an entity that is requesting verification of an association of the identification document with the person presenting the identification document.

16 . The method of claim 15 wherein the identification document is a driver's license, passport, or an identification card.

17 . The method of claim 15 wherein the trusted entity is the entity that generated the identification document.

18 . The method of claim 15 wherein the identification document includes a photograph of a face, and the method further comprises:

capturing one or more images of the photograph of the face on the identification document;

processing at least one of the one or more images of the photograph of the face on the identification document to generate an identification photograph-derived code, the identification photograph-derived code generated using the one-way conversion process;

comparing the identification photograph-derived code to the trusted code to develop a second similarity value;

transmitting the second similarity value to the requesting entity.

19 . The method of claim 15 wherein the graphic code includes information from text contained on the identification document or from an identity record stored on an identity issuer's database.

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