US Patent Issued on Oct. 7 for "Automated portrait, photo pose, and soft biometrics capture system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,146, issued on Oct. 7.

"Automated portrait, photo pose, and soft biometrics capture system" was invented by Cecil Hugh Watson (Whittier, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for capturing, identifying, and processing images and soft biometrics includes an image capture device, a pan and tilt device, a speaker for audio feedback, and a microphone for voice capture, all controlled by a computing device. Image capture is enhanced by detecting image focus, facial recognition matching, detecting the number of subjects and unwanted objects, and checking the cropped image by detecting whether eyes and mouth are open or closed, dete...