AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF IMAGE OUTLIERS
First Claim
1. One or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions for automatically identifying outlier images in a set of images, the computer-executable instructions performing steps comprising:
- generating an image penalty value for individual images in the set of images representing how different the individual image is from other images in the set of images;
generating a threshold penalty value based on the generated image penalty values;
identifying, as the outlier images, images having the image penalty value greater than the threshold penalty value.
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Abstract
Outlier images—those images that differ substantially from other images in a set—can be automatically identified. One or more penalty values can be assigned to each image that quantifies how different that image is from others in the set. A threshold can be determined based on the set of penalty values. Each image whose penalty values are above the threshold is an outlier image. The penalty values can be the sum of per-pixel penalty values multiplied by the number of pixels with nonzero penalty values. A per-pixel penalty value can be the difference between a color value for that pixel and a predetermined range of color values, based on corresponding pixels in other images. The per-pixel penalty value can be determined for each component color and then optionally summed together. The threshold penalty values can be adjusted to provide for greater, or less, sensitivity to differences among the images.
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1. One or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions for automatically identifying outlier images in a set of images, the computer-executable instructions performing steps comprising:
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generating an image penalty value for individual images in the set of images representing how different the individual image is from other images in the set of images; generating a threshold penalty value based on the generated image penalty values; identifying, as the outlier images, images having the image penalty value greater than the threshold penalty value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for automatically identifying outlier images in a set of images, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating an image penalty value for individual images in the set of images representing how different the individual image is from other images in the set of images; generating a threshold penalty value based on the generated image penalty values; identifying, as the outlier images, images having the image penalty value greater than the threshold penalty value. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A user interface generated on a display by computing device, the user interface comprising:
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a user-controllable interface element for modifying a sensitivity adjustment value; and a dynamically updated set of images comprising those images, from among an initial set of images, that are associated with penalty values less than a threshold penalty value that is determined by increasing an average penalty value by an amount based on the sensitivity adjustment value, the set of images being dynamically updated in response to modifications to the sensitivity adjustment value; wherein a penalty value represents how different an associated individual image is from other images in the initial set of images. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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