APPAREL AS EVENT MARKER

• US 20090091798A1
• Filed: 10/05/2007
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Loui, Alexander C., McIntyre, Dale F., Lawther, Joel S., Stubler, Peter O., Das, Madirakshi
• Application Number:
  US11/867,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20090091798A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/3.28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A method of characterizing images taken during a event into one or more sub-events is disclosed. The method includes; acquiring a collection of images taken during the event; identifying one or more particular person(s) in the collection and the apparel associated with the identified person; searching the collection to identify if the apparel associated with identified particular person(s) has been changed during the event; identifying one or more sub-events for those images in which the particular person(s) have changed apparel.

Claims

1. A method of characterizing images taken during a event into one or more sub-events, comprising:

a) acquiring a collection of images taken during the event;

b) identifying one or more particular person(s) in the collection and the apparel associated with the identified person(s);

c) searching the collection to identify if the apparel associated with identified particular person(s) has been changed during the event; and

d) identifying one or more sub-events for those images in which the particular person(s) have changed apparel.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein step d includes producing image sets for each unique apparel worn by the particular person(s) that correspond to a sub-event.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein step b is either performed by a user or performed automatically.

4. The method of claim one further including using identified sub-event image sets to retrieve and display or print one or more image(s).

5. A method of dividing images into event image sets, comprising:

a) acquiring a collection of images;

b) identifying one or more particular person(s) and the unique apparel associated with the particular person(s) in two or more images and;

c) assigning a likelihood score of event image set assignment to each identified image in proportion to the number of particular person(s) with consistently unique apparel in the identified image(s).

6. The method of claim 5 wherein step b is either performed by a user or automatically.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein step c includes using the background information in each image to modify the likelihood score.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein step c includes producing event image sets based upon the likelihood score and an assigned threshold level.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein step c includes using the background information in each image to modify the likelihood score.

10. The method of claim 8 further including using identified event image sets to retrieve and display or print one or more image(s).