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Identifying Images Using Face Recognition

  • US 20080130960A1
  • Filed: 12/01/2006
  • Published: 06/05/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • identifying at least one named entity;

    retrieving images associated with the at least one named entity;

    performing face detection on the retrieved images to detect faces in the retrieved images, wherein the face detection is performed using a face detection algorithm;

    identifying at least one representative face image from the retrieved images; and

    using the at least one representative face image to identify one or more additional images representing the at least one named entity.

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