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System, apparatus and method for forensic facial approximation

US7693564B2 · kind B2 · utility

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32Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Timothy Patrick Kelliher · Scotia, US
Peter Henry Tu · Niskayuna, US
Wesley David Turner · Rexford, US
Rebecca Brown · Clifton Park, US
Michael Alan Taister · Oakton, US
Kevin Miller · Ballwin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 2004
Grant date	Apr 6, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30008
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, method and apparatus for performing a facial approximation is described. The system includes an acquisition subsystem and a facial approximation algorithm. The method includes the steps of acquiring models of known skulls and a model of a questioned skull, comparing the models of the known skulls with the model of the questioned skull, and removing variation in the facial structure of the questioned skull due to skeletal variation between the known skulls and the questioned skull. The apparatus includes a bony structure software component, a bony structure warping software component, and a soft tissue software component.

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