COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PERFORMING SIMILARITY SEARCHES
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1. A computer-implemented method for determining face similarity, the method comprising:
- identifying a person from an image;
identifying at least one of text or metadata associated with the image;
performing a similarity search using the person of the image, in order to identify images of other persons that are similar in appearance to the person in the image;
wherein performing the similarity search includes using at least some of the text and metadata to determine one or more classifications for the person in the image.
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Abstract
A similarity search may be performed on the image of a person, using visual characteristics and information that is known about the person. The search identifies images of other persons that are similar in appearance to the person in the image.
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1. A computer-implemented method for determining face similarity, the method comprising:
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identifying a person from an image; identifying at least one of text or metadata associated with the image; performing a similarity search using the person of the image, in order to identify images of other persons that are similar in appearance to the person in the image; wherein performing the similarity search includes using at least some of the text and metadata to determine one or more classifications for the person in the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
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7. The method of 1, wherein performing a similarity search using the person of the image includes (i) determining one or more of the classifications corresponding to an ethnicity, a gender or an age classification of the person in the image, using the text and metadata;
- and (ii) determining a result by selecting one or more images in a collection that has the same determined classifications.
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11. A system for determining face similarity, the system comprising:
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an analysis module that is configured to identify (i) a face from an image, and (ii) at least one of text or metadata associated with the face of the image; a characteristic determination module that is configured to identify one or more biographical classifications of the face based at least in part on the at least one of the text or metadata associated with the face of the face; a comparison module that compares a query image input of the face with a collection of images of other faces in order to identify one or more faces in the collection that are determined as being similar to the face of the query image input, wherein the query image input comprises image data representing the face as well as the one or more biographical classifications determined about the face using at least the text and metadata. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-readable medium for determining face similarity, the computer-readable medium comprising instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:
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identifying a person from an image; identifying at least one of text or metadata associated with the image; performing a similarity search using the person of the image, in order to identify images of other persons that are similar in appearance to the person in the image; wherein performing the similarity search includes using at least some of the text and metadata to determine one or more classifications for the person in the image.
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