BIOMETRIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention provides a biometric notification system for selectively sending messages to interested recipients. In various embodiments, message trigger criteria, interested recipients, and message content may vary depending upon, among other things, the service being provided.

主权项

1. A biometric notification system (“BNS”) with facial recognition and related services, the system comprising:
plural digital video cameras (C1, C2 . . . Cn) that monitor respective zones (Z1, Z2 . . . Zn) at a first site; a data processing system including a processing facility and a database facility; a network interconnecting the video cameras and the data processing facility; a video frame acquired from a video camera Cx in zone Zx includes a first content; a first facial feature set derived from the first content; a database of the database facility includes plural cases, each case identifies a person by linking a name with a second content, a second facial feature set, and a case group; a matched case discovered when the processing facility finds the first feature set matches a second feature set; and, a message sent to one or more interested recipients when the processing facility finds that message trigger criteria are met; wherein message trigger criteria include a requirement that a matched case is discovered.