Adaptive facial recognition system and method
First Claim
1. An adaptive face recognition system, comprising:
- a database configured to store a plurality of face classes;
an image capturing system for capturing images;
a detection system, wherein the detection system detects face images by comparing captured images with a generic face image;
a search engine for determining if a detected face image belongs to one of a plurality of known face classes; and
a system for generating a new face class for the detected face image if the search engine determines that the detected face image does not belong to one of the known face classes.
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Abstract
An adaptive face recognition system and method. The system includes a database configured to store a plurality of face classes; an image capturing system for capturing images; a detection system, wherein the detection system detects face images by comparing captured images with a generic face image; a search engine for determining if a detected face image belongs to one of a plurality of known face class; and a system for generating a new face class for the detected face image if the search engine determines that the detected face image does not belong to one of the known face classes. In the event that the search engine determines that the detected face image belongs to one of the known face classes, an adaptive training system adds the detected face to the associated face class.
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20 Claims
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1. An adaptive face recognition system, comprising:
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a database configured to store a plurality of face classes;
an image capturing system for capturing images;
a detection system, wherein the detection system detects face images by comparing captured images with a generic face image;
a search engine for determining if a detected face image belongs to one of a plurality of known face classes; and
a system for generating a new face class for the detected face image if the search engine determines that the detected face image does not belong to one of the known face classes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for performing adaptive face recognition, comprising the steps of:
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capturing a stream of image data;
identifying a face image from the stream of image data by comparing the image data to a generic face image;
searching a database of face classes to determine if the detected face image belongs to one of a plurality of known face classes;
if the detected face image belongs to one of the known face classes, adding the detected face image to the face class that owns the face image; and
if the face image does not belong to one of the known face classes, creating a new face class with the face image. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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14. A program product stored on a recordable medium for performing adaptive face recognition, that when executed, comprises:
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a system for receiving image data;
a system for detecting a face image from the received images by comparing the image data to a generic face image;
a system for searching a database of face classes to determine if a detected face image belongs to one of a plurality of known face classes;
a system for adding the detected face image to an associated face class if the detected face image belongs to one of the known face classes; and
a system for creating a new face class with the detected face image if the detected face image does not belong to one of the known face classes.
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