Electronic image filing method, electronic image filing device and electronic image filing system
First Claim
1. An electronic image filing method, comprising:
- a face image registration phase; and
an image arranging phase, wherein;
the face image registration phase comprises steps of;
inputting a registration image;
determining a characteristic quantity for a face in a face image contained in the registration image; and
storing the characteristic quantity as a registered face image, and the image arranging phase comprises steps of;
inputting a arranging target image;
determining a characteristic quantity of a face in a face image in the arranging target image;
detecting a registered face image among registered face images with a characteristic quantity matching the characteristic quantity of the face in the arranging target image having been determined; and
correlating the arranging target image with the registered face image having been detected.
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Abstract
An electronic image filing method includes a face image registration phase and an image arranging phase. The face image registration phase contains steps of: inputting a registration image; determining a characteristic quantity for a face in a face image contained in the registration image; and storing the characteristic quantity as a registered face image. The image arranging phase contains steps of: inputting a arranging target image; determining a characteristic quantity of a face in a face image in the arranging target image; detecting a registered face image among registered face images with a characteristic quantity matching the characteristic quantity of the face in the arranging target image having been determined; and correlating the arranging target image with the registered face image having been detected.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic image filing method, comprising:
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a face image registration phase; and
an image arranging phase, wherein;
the face image registration phase comprises steps of;
inputting a registration image;
determining a characteristic quantity for a face in a face image contained in the registration image; and
storing the characteristic quantity as a registered face image, and the image arranging phase comprises steps of;
inputting a arranging target image;
determining a characteristic quantity of a face in a face image in the arranging target image;
detecting a registered face image among registered face images with a characteristic quantity matching the characteristic quantity of the face in the arranging target image having been determined; and
correlating the arranging target image with the registered face image having been detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electronic image filing device, comprising:
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an image input unit;
a face recognition unit; and
an image filing unit, wherein;
a registration image and an arranging target image are input to the image input unit;
the face recognition unit includes an image processing unit that detects a face image contained in each of the images input to the image input unit and determines a characteristic quantity in correspondence to the face image and a first storage unit at which the face image and the corresponding characteristic quantity are stored in correlation with each other as a registered face image;
the image filing unit includes a second storage unit; and
the second storage unit contains an image file folder in which the arranging target image is stored, and stores the arranging target image in an image filing folder corresponding to a registered face image with a characteristic quantity matching the characteristic quantity of the face image in the arranging target image determined by the image processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An image capturing device, comprising:
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an image input unit that includes a photographing device;
a face recognition unit; and
a storage unit at which a registered face image and an arranging target image are stored, wherein;
an image photographed by the image photographing device is input as an arranging target image into the image input unit;
the storage unit includes a first storage unit at which a characteristic quantity of the registered face image is stored and a second storage at which the arranging target image is stored;
the face recognition unit includes an image processing unit that detects a face image in the arranging target image and determines a characteristic quantity of the face image and an image comparison unit that detects a registered face image with a characteristic quantity matching the characteristic quantity of the face image in the arranging target image determined by the image processing unit; and
the second storage unit stores the arranging target image in correlation to the characteristic quantity of the registered face image matching the characteristic quantity of the face image in the arranging target image determined by the image processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. An electronic image filing system, comprising:
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a terminal device that includes a display unit, an image input unit and an attribute input unit, where a registration image containing a face image to be stored as a registered face image, a file image to be arranged and a search image containing a face image of a specific person are input at the image input unit;
a face recognition device that includes a characteristic quantity detection unit that determines a characteristic quantity of a face image in each of the images having been input, a first storage unit at which characteristic quantities of face images in registration image are stored as registered face images and a face image search unit that detects a registered face image with a characteristic quantity matching a characteristic quantity of a face image in the file image determined by the characteristic quantity detection unit;
an image filing device that includes a second storage unit containing storage areas each corresponding to one of the registered face images at which the file image is filed and stored at a specific storage area and attribute information corresponding to the registration image is stored and an image search unit that extracts a desired file image among file images stored in the storage areas; and
a communication network that connects the various devices so as to enable information exchange among the devices, wherein;
the terminal device transmits to the image filing device the registration image input at the image input unit and containing a face image to be stored as a registered face image, the file image input at the image input unit to be arranged and attribute information input at the attribute input unit, and displays at the display unit a detected image provided by the image filing device;
the image filing device outputs the registration image and the file image received from the terminal device to the face recognition device, receives a code used to identify a registered face image from the face recognition device, stores the attribute information in the second storage unit in correlation to the code, stores the file image in the second storage unit in correlation to the code, extracts via the image search unit the file image correlated with the code and transmits the extracted file image to the terminal device; and
the face recognition device stores the characteristic quantity of the face image in the registration image determined by the characteristic quantity detection unit in the first storage unit in correlation to an identification code indicating the face image, and outputs to the image filing device a code indicating a registered face image with a characteristic quantity matching the characteristic quantity of the face image in the file image determined by the characteristic quantity detection unit. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. An electronic image filing system, comprising:
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a face recognition device with a registration image containing a face image to be stored as a registered face image and a file image to be arranged input thereto, that includes a characteristic quantity detection unit that determines a characteristic quantity of a face image in each of the images, a first storage unit at which characteristic quantities are stored as registered face images and a face image search unit that detects a registered face image with a characteristic quantity matching a characteristic quantity of a face image in the file image determined by the characteristic quantity detection unit;
an image filing device that includes a second storage unit containing storage areas each corresponding to one of the registered face images at which the file image is filed and stored at a specific storage area and attribute information corresponding to the registration image is stored and an image search unit that extracts a desired file image among file images stored in the storage areas; and
a communication network that connects the face recognition device, the image filing device and a terminal device so as to enable information exchange among the face recognition device, the image filing device and the terminal device, wherein;
the image filing device outputs the registration image and the file image received from the terminal device to the face recognition device, receives a code used to identify a registered face image from the face recognition device, stores the attribute information in the second storage unit in correlation to the code, stores the file image in the second storage unit in correlation to the code, extracts via the image search unit the file image correlated with the code and transmits the extracted file image to the terminal device; and
the face recognition device stores the characteristic quantity of the face image in the registration image determined by the characteristic quantity detection unit in the first storage unit in correlation to an identification code indicating the face image and outputs to the image filing device a code indicating a registered face image with a characteristic quantity matching the characteristic quantity of the face image in the file image determined by the characteristic quantity detection unit.
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Specification