Abstract: A system for accessing multiple similar key-face images and associated electronic data by providing an image containing a face, the system including a means for capturing an image containing a face, a means for transmitting said image to a facial image recognition search engine. The engine includes a means to receive said image, a means of extracting a facial image from the captured image, a web crawler or spider configured to seek “best-fit” matching facial images disposed on the internet, a means to access said facial image's “best-fit” matching facial images and associated electronic data with each “best-fit” image, a means to transmit said “best-fit” matching facial images and associated data to a display unit, and a mirror imaging device configured to superimpose at least one “best-fit” image on an other facial image, wherein at least one of the images is semi-transparent such that both can be seen superimposed simultaneously.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for input of images containing faces for accessing, linking, and or visualizing multiple similar facial images and associated electronic data for innovative new on-line commercialization, medical and training uses. The system uses various image capturing devices and communication devices to capture images and enter them into a facial image recognition search engine. Embedded facial image recognition techniques within the image recognition search engine extract facial images and encode the extracted facial images in a computer readable format. The processed facial images are then entered for comparison into at least one database populated with facial images and associated information. Once the newly captured facial images are matched with similar “best-fit match” facial images in the facial image recognition search engine's database, the “best-fit” matching images and each image's associated information are returned to the user.