Multi-stage tattoo matching techniques
US10095938B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30196
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In some implementations, systems and techniques are capable of performing a multi-stage tattoo matching operation to improve matching accuracy for various tattoo images—namely small tattoo images, distorted tattoo images, low-quality tattoo images. The multi-stage tattoo matching operation described throughout includes two matching stages that compare a search tattoo image against a set of reference tattoo images. In the first matching stage, the system can use scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) descriptors, or other similar types of local descriptors, to identify a list of best-matched reference tattoo images from among the set of reference tattoo images. In the second matching stage, the system uses enhanced tattoo matching techniques to verify the non-matched points and determine whether their associated areas are matched or not.
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