Method and apparatus for context-aided human identification
First Claim
1. A digital image processing method, said method comprising:
- accessing digital data representing a plurality of digital images including a plurality of persons;
performing face recognition to generate face recognition scores relating to similarity between faces of said plurality of persons;
performing clothes recognition to generate clothes recognition scores relating to similarity between clothes of said plurality of persons;
obtaining inter-relational person scores relating to similarity between persons of said plurality of persons using said face recognition scores and said clothes recognition scores; and
clustering said plurality of persons from said plurality of digital images using said inter-relational person scores to obtain clusters relating to identities of said persons from said plurality of persons.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus process digital images. The method according to one embodiment accesses digital data representing a plurality of digital images including a plurality of persons; performs face recognition to generate face recognition scores relating to similarity between faces of the plurality of persons; performs clothes recognition to generate clothes recognition scores relating to similarity between clothes of the plurality of persons; obtains inter-relational person scores relating to similarity between persons of the plurality of persons using the face recognition scores and the clothes recognition scores; and clusters the plurality of persons from the plurality of digital images using the inter-relational person scores to obtain clusters relating to identities of the persons from the plurality of persons.
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1. A digital image processing method, said method comprising:
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accessing digital data representing a plurality of digital images including a plurality of persons;
performing face recognition to generate face recognition scores relating to similarity between faces of said plurality of persons;
performing clothes recognition to generate clothes recognition scores relating to similarity between clothes of said plurality of persons;
obtaining inter-relational person scores relating to similarity between persons of said plurality of persons using said face recognition scores and said clothes recognition scores; and
clustering said plurality of persons from said plurality of digital images using said inter-relational person scores to obtain clusters relating to identities of said persons from said plurality of persons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A digital image processing apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
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an image data unit for providing digital data representing a plurality of digital images including a plurality of persons;
a face recognition unit for generating face recognition scores relating to similarity between faces of said plurality of persons;
a clothes recognition unit for generating clothes recognition scores relating to similarity between clothes of said plurality of persons;
a combination unit for obtaining inter-relational person scores relating to similarity between persons of said plurality of persons using said face recognition scores and said clothes recognition scores; and
a classification unit for clustering said plurality of persons from said plurality of digital images using said inter-relational person scores to obtain clusters relating to identities of said persons from said plurality of persons. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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