Face Recognition Visual Feedback System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current face-recognition systems lack user feedback mechanisms, leading to increased energy consumption and reduced battery life due to prolonged waiting times for face identification, as users are unaware of the recognition process progress.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a face-recognition system that captures images using multiple cameras, displays the user's face, and provides real-time feedback through geometric shapes or dots indicating recognized features and algorithm progress, allowing users to maintain optimal positioning and reducing recognition time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Use of energy by stationary object

If the face-recognition algorithm runs without user feedback, then the system structure remains simple, but the energy consumption increases and battery life decreases due to prolonged waiting times

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy consumptionVSAvoidsystem structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism that displays visual indicators (geometric shapes, dots) showing the recognition progress and identified facial features to the user in real-time. This feedback allows users to understand the system status and adjust their positioning accordingly, reducing unnecessary processing time and energy consumption while maintaining acceptable system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If the face-recognition algorithm processes continuously without feedback, then measurement precision may be maintained, but the recognition time increases leading to reduced productivity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverecognition timeVSAvoidwaiting time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

By providing real-time visual feedback on recognition progress and identified features, the system enables users to make quick positioning adjustments, thereby reducing the overall waiting time and improving recognition throughput without sacrificing measurement precision

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary processing and displays intermediate results during the recognition process, allowing users to take preliminary positioning actions before the final recognition is complete, thus reducing total waiting time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10706269B2Recognizing a face and providing feedback on the face-recognition process
Publication Date: 2020.07.07 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

One or more images including a user's face are captured, and at least one of these images is displayed to the user. These image(s) are used by a face-recognition algorithm to identify or recognize the face in the image(s). The face-recognition algorithm recognizes various features of the face and displays an indication of at least one of those features while performing the face-recognition algorithm. These indications of features can be, for example, dots displayed on the captured image. Additionally, an indication of progress of the face-recognition algorithm is displayed near the user's face. This indication of progress of the face-recognition algorithm can be, for example, a square or other geometric shape in which at least a portion of the user's face is located.