IP Library Granted Patent US 11,328,153
Granted Patent B1
US 11,328,153 · App. 16/394,792 · Granted May 10, 2022

Secure biometric metadata generation

Inventors: Jonathan Mumm (Marina del Rey, CA); Donald Holly (Venice, CA); Faisal Alqadi (Santa Monica, CA); Jonathan Brody (Marina Del Rey, CA)
Assignee: Snap Inc.
G06K9/00288G06F21/602G06K9/00228G06N20/00G06K2009/00328
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Patent No.
US 11,328,153
App. No.
16/394,792
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

Systems, devices, media and methods are presented for generating biometric image data. In one example, a system accesses a set of images stored on a mobile computing device. The system identifies one or more faces depicted in the set of images and generates a set of face images from the set of images. The system determines a set of positions of a set of facial features depicted within the set of face images and generates a set of biometric reference maps based on the set of positions. The system transmits the set of face images to a reference server and stores the set of biometric reference maps on the mobile computing device.

Claims (68)

1. A method comprising:

accessing a set of images stored on a device;

identifying one or more faces depicted in the set of images;

generating a set of face images from the set of images, each face image in the set of face images comprising a face that is aligned within one or more boundaries of the face image, the generating comprising:

for each image in the set of images,

determining whether a number of facial features depicted in the image exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and

in response to determining that the number of facial features depicted in the image does not exceed the predetermined threshold value, disregarding a face depicted in the image;

determining a set of positions of a set of facial features depicted within the set of face images;

generating a set of biometric reference maps based on the set of positions;

transmitting the set of face images to a reference server; and

storing the set of biometric reference maps on the mobile computing device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising removing the set of face images from the mobile computing device in response to transmitting the set of face images to the reference server.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein storing the set of biometric reference maps further comprises:

encrypting the set of biometric reference maps to generate an encrypted set of biometric reference maps; and

storing the encrypted set of biometric reference maps on the mobile computing device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the one or more faces in the set of images further comprises:

identifying a set of coordinates associated with the one or more faces in the set of images, and

generating one or more bounding boxes around each face of the one or more faces.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the set of face images from the set of images further comprising:

generating a set of thumbnail images, wherein each thumbnail image includes a single face.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the set of biometric reference maps further comprises:

analyzing the set of face images and the set of positions using a machine learning model trained to identify the faces depicted in the face images.

7. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

accessing a set of images stored on a device;

identifying one or more faces depicted in the set of images;

generating a set of face images from the set of images, each face image in the set of face images comprising a face that is aligned within one or more boundaries of the face image, the generating comprising:

for each image in the set of images,

determining whether a number of facial features depicted in the image exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and

in response to determining that the number of facial features depicted in the image does not exceed the predetermined threshold value, disregarding a face depicted in the image;

determining a set of positions of a set of facial features depicted within the set of face images;

generating a set of biometric reference maps based on the set of positions;

transmitting the set of face images to a reference server; and

storing the set of biometric reference maps on the mobile computing device.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising removing the set of face images from the mobile computing device in response to transmitting the set of face images to the reference server.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein storing the set of biometric reference maps further comprises:

encrypting the set of biometric reference maps to generate an encrypted set of biometric reference maps; and

storing the encrypted set of biometric reference maps on the mobile computing device.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein identifying the one or more faces in the set of images further comprises:

identifying a set of coordinates associated with the one or more faces in the set of images, and

generating one or more bounding boxes around each face of the one or more faces.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein generating the set of face images from the set of images further comprising:

generating a set of thumbnail images, wherein each thumbnail image includes a single face.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein generating the set of biometric reference maps further comprises:

analyzing the set of face images and the set of positions using a machine learning model trained to identify the faces depicted in the face images.

13. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

accessing a set of images stored on a device;

identifying one or more faces depicted in the set of images;

generating a set of face images from the set of images, each face image in the set of face images comprising a face that is aligned within one or more boundaries of the face image, the generating comprising:

for each image in the set of images,

determining whether a number of facial features depicted in the image exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and

in response to determining that the number of facial features depicted in the image does not exceed the predetermined threshold value, disregarding a face depicted in the image:

determining a set of positions of a set of facial features depicted within the set of face images;

generating a set of biometric reference maps based on the set of positions;

transmitting the set of face images to a reference server; and

storing the set of biometric reference maps on the mobile computing device.

14. The processor-readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising removing the set of face images from the mobile computing device in response to transmitting the set of face images to the reference server.

15. The processor-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein storing the set of biometric reference maps further comprises:

encrypting the set of biometric reference maps to generate an encrypted set of biometric reference maps; and

storing the encrypted set of biometric reference maps on the mobile computing device.

16. The processor-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein identifying the one or more faces in the set of images further comprises:

identifying a set of coordinates associated with the one or more faces in the set of images, and

generating one or more bounding boxes around each face of the one or more faces.

17. The processor-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein generating the set of face images from the set of images further comprising:

generating a set of thumbnail images, wherein each thumbnail image includes a single face.

18. The processor-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein generating the set of biometric reference maps further comprises:

analyzing the set of face images and the set of positions using a machine learning model trained to identify the faces depicted in the face images.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2022
From: MUMM, JONATHAN; HOLLY, DONALD; ALQADI, FAISAL; BRODY, JONATHAN
To: SNAP INC.
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Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 62662562 · Apr 25, 2018
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