METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING IMAGES WITH FIGURES AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING METADATA OF IMAGE
First Claim
1. A method for searching images with figures, suitable for searching a plurality of images related to at least one figure in an image collection, the method comprising:
- an image analysis stage, comprising;
comparing figures between images of an image collection and respectively assigning an identity to each of the figures; and
respectively selecting a representative image for each of the identities in the image collection; and
an image search stage, comprising;
displaying the representative images;
selecting one or a plurality of the representative images as a searching criterion;
searching for the images matching the searching criterion in the image collection; and
displaying the images matching the searching criterion.
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Abstract
A method and a system for searching images with figures and a recording medium storing metadata of image are provided. The searching method is divided into an image analysis stage and an image search stage. In the image analysis stage, figures between images are compared with each other and assigned with an identity respectively. A representative image of each identity is then evaluated from the image collection. In the image search stage, the representative images are displayed for user to select some of them as a searching criterion, so as to search and display the images matching the searching criterion in the image collection. Accordingly, the images required by user can be found through intelligent analysis of figures, intuitive definition of searching criterion, and simple comparison of identities so that both time and effort of organization for searching images with figures can be substantially saved.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for searching images with figures, suitable for searching a plurality of images related to at least one figure in an image collection, the method comprising:
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an image analysis stage, comprising; comparing figures between images of an image collection and respectively assigning an identity to each of the figures; and respectively selecting a representative image for each of the identities in the image collection; and an image search stage, comprising; displaying the representative images; selecting one or a plurality of the representative images as a searching criterion; searching for the images matching the searching criterion in the image collection; and displaying the images matching the searching criterion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for searching images with figures, comprising:
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an image analysis engine, comprising; an identity analysis module, comparing figures between images of an image collection and respectively assigning an identity to each of the figures; and a representative image evaluation module, respectively selecting a representative image for each of the identities in the image collection; and an image searching interface, comprising; a searching criterion definition module, selecting one or a plurality of the representative images as a searching criterion; a search module, searching for the images matching the searching criterion in the image collection; and a display module, displaying the representative images and the images matching the searching criterion. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable recording medium, storing a metadata of an image, the metadata comprising:
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a facial characteristic data, recording a facial data of a figure in the image; and a regional characteristic data, recording a regional data of a characteristic region other than the face region in the image. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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