A method and system for matching an unknown facial image of an individual
with an image of a celebrity using facial recognition techniques and
human perception is disclosed herein. The invention provides a internet
hosted system to find, compare, contrast and identify similar
characteristics among two or more individuals using a digital camera,
cellular telephone camera, wireless device for the purpose of returning
information regarding similar faces to the user The system features
classification of unknown facial images from a variety of internet
accessible sources, including mobile phones, wireless camera-enabled
devices, images obtained from digital cameras or scanners that are
uploaded from PCs, third-party applications and databases. Once
classified, the matching person's name, image and associated meta-data is
sent back to the user. The method and system uses human perception
techniques to weight the feature vectors.