US 12,217,393 B2
Photo composites
Ahna R. Girshick, Berkeley, CA (US); Luong Ruiz, San Bruno, CA (US); and Jack Reese, Lindon, UT (US)
Assigned to Ancestry.com DNA, LLC, Lehi, UT (US)
Filed by Ancestry.com DNA, LLC, Lehi, UT (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/531,446.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,707, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0164935 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06F 16/55 (2019.01); G06T 3/18 (2024.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 5/50 (2013.01) [G06F 16/55 (2019.01); G06T 3/18 (2024.01); G06V 40/165 (2022.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving genetic data and/or genealogy data of a plurality of individuals;
classifying a subset of the individuals as a group based on at least one characteristic extracted from the genetic data and/or the genealogy data;
retrieving a plurality of photos of the subset of the individuals in the group or their ancestors;
filtering the plurality of photos;
sampling a subset of photos from the plurality of photos;
determining facial landmarks in the subset of photos;
registering the facial landmarks of each photo to a standard set of facial landmarks;
aggregating, based on the facial landmarks, the subset of photos to generate a photo composite of the group of individuals sharing the at least one characteristic.