NIO’s affiliated company files for patent about motion-based facial recognition

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Shanghai XPT Technology Co.,Ltd. (called “Shanghai Weilan” for short), an affiliated company of Chinese startup NIO, published on September 1 the patent application about an apparatus, method and computing program of motion-based facial recognition, according to the National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA).

Shanghai Weilan filed for the patent on June 27, 2019. According to CNIPA's records, an apparatus, system and method of motion-based facial recognition is provided through the establishment of facial motion profiles. The system uses a database, a camera and a processing unit. The database stores a predetermined profile of a default facial motion made by a user, having at least one facial landmark. The camera tracks and captures the user's facial motions, and takes a video-like clip. The patent application also says that the processing unit is connected to the database and the camera. The processing unit establishes the predetermined profile and a comparison profile of the facial motion through a profile establishment process. The processing unit further compares the comparison profile with the predetermined profile to verify the facial motion.

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Shanghai Weilan was founded in May 2016 and involves a registered capital of roughly 317 million yuan ($46.262 million), according to Chinese corporate data search platform Tianyancha. It has a line of businesses including the technology development, transfer and consultation about new energy vehicle (NEV)-used auto parts, and the sale of automobile parts.

The company is wholly controlled by XPT (Jiangsu) Automotive Technology Co., Ltd., a sub-subsidiary of XPT, the advanced technology components and solutions division of NIO. William Li Bin, founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of NIO, serves as chairman of Shanghai Weilan.