Abstract: An automatic forensic facial comparison system, FFC, having a questioned image (I1) and a reference image (I2), captured by means of acquisition of images of a subject, comprising processing means configured to carry out FFC steps: at least one morphological analysis stage (11), mandatory, and optionally a holistic comparison stage (12), and/or an image overlay stage (13), and/or a photo-anthropometry stage (14), and/or a decision-making stage (15). For each stage (11, 12, 13, 14) corresponding to FFC methods, the processing means calculate an overall indicator value of the stage carried out. In the last decision-making stage (15), the processing means calculate a fuzzy value by applying soft computing, obtained as a sum of the overall indicator value of each stage previously carried out (11, 12, 13, 14), each value being weighted by a weight based on a set of data to support the decision-making stage (15) indicative of a degree of reliability of each stage and of the quality of the starting images (I1, I2).

Abstract: The present invention has as its objective a procedure for assisting a forensic expert in making decisions in order to identify subjects by comparing images of rigid anatomical structures. This procedure includes a decision-making stage based on a hierarchical analysis model that, in particular realizations, is complemented by a previous stage of segmentation of osseous images and their superimposition.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and an automatic system for assisting a forensic anthropologist in the task of identification by means of craniofacial superimposition. First, the system automatically builds a three-dimensional model from a device providing partial views of the skull. Said model is then superimposed onto a photograph of the disappeared person, modelling the inherent uncertainty to the pairing of two separate objects: a skull and a face. Finally, the system emits a recommendation from the result of the identification process to the forensic anthropologist.