Method and apparatus of managing information about a person

Details Method and apparatus of managing information about a person Method and apparatus of managing information about a person

2006-06-06

2006-06-06

Chawan, Sheela (Department: 2623)

Image analysis

Applications

Personnel identification

C382S305000, C704S246000, C379S265130

Reexamination Certificate

active

07058208

ABSTRACT:
A method and an electronic device (preferably a Personal Digital Assistant, PDA or a palm computer) for providing information about a physical person, comprising: a microphone for recording audio data and/or a camera for recording image data of the physical person. A processor with a memory for processing the audio and/or visual data to recognize the identity of the physical person and retrieving the stored information about the recognized identity is provided. A user interface is used to deliver the stored information to a user. The information may comprise business card information and/or other information about the person. Moreover, information representative of the person's emotional/personal status/mood may be recorded, retrieved, and provided to the user via the user interface.

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