FACE SIMILARITY EVALUATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20190050678A1
• Filed: 01/15/2018
• Published: 02/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cal-Comp Big Data, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Cal-Comp Big Data, Inc.
• Inventors: Shen, Shyh-Yong, Chi, Min-Chang, Budiman Gosno, Eric, Wang, Ching-Wei
• Application Number:
  US15/871,123
• Publication Number:
  US 20190050678A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/30 in albums, collections or shared content, e.g. social network photos or video
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/171 Local features and components; Facial parts eye characteristics G06V40/18; Occluding parts, e.g. glasses; Geometrical relationships
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification

Abstract

A face similarity evaluation method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first image; obtaining a plurality of feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and at least one second image; obtaining an overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and at least one second image, and generating an evaluation result based on the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image; and outputting an inform message based on the evaluation result.

Claims

1. A face similarity evaluation method, comprising:

obtaining a first image;

obtaining a plurality of feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and at least one second image;

obtaining an overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and the at least one second image, and generating an evaluation result based on the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image; and

outputting an inform message based on the evaluation result.

2. The face similarity evaluation method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of generating the evaluation result based on the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image comprises:

determining a highest overall similarity score from the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image to generate the evaluation result.

3. The face similarity evaluation method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first image and the at least one second image respectively have at least one area,

wherein the step of obtaining the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and the at least one second image comprises:

obtaining at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and the at least one second image, wherein the at least one area similarity score corresponds to the at least one area; and

obtaining the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image.

4. The face similarity evaluation method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the step of obtaining the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image comprises:

calculating an average of the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image to obtain the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image.

5. The face similarity evaluation method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:

outputting the inform message according to the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image.

6. The face similarity evaluation method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the step of generating the evaluation result based on the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image comprises:

determining at least one highest area similarity score from the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image to generate the evaluation result, wherein the at least one highest area similarity score corresponds to the at least one area.

7. The face similarity evaluation method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the feature factors comprise at least one feature factor belonging to the at least one area,

wherein the step of obtaining the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and the at least one second image comprises:

calculating at least one feature difference parameter corresponding to the at least one second image based on the at least one feature factor belonging to the at least one area respectively corresponding to the first image and the at least one second image; and

calculating the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image according to the at least one feature difference parameter and at least one weight value.

8. The face similarity evaluation method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the at least one area comprises an eyebrow area, an eye area, a nose area, a lip area and a face area.

9. The face similarity evaluation method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and the at least one second image comprises:

executing an analyzing operation to the first image to obtain a plurality of first feature factors corresponding to the first image; and

obtaining a plurality of second feature factors corresponding to the at least one second image obtained through the analyzing operation of the at least one second image from a database.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a storage unit, storing a plurality of modules; and

a processor, coupled to the storage unit, and accessing and executing the modules stored in the storage unit, the modules comprise;

an image obtaining module, obtaining a first image;

a feature factor obtaining module, obtaining a plurality of feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and at least one second image;

a comparison module, obtaining an overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and the at least one second image, and generating an evaluation result based on the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image; and

an output module, outputting an inform message based on the evaluation result.

11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the operation that the comparison module generates the evaluation result based on the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image comprises:

determining a highest overall similarity score from the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image to generate the evaluation result.

12. The electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first image and the at least one second image respectively have at least one area, wherein the operation that the comparison module obtains the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and the at least one second image comprises:

obtaining at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and the at least one second image, wherein the at least one area similarity score corresponds to the at least one area; and

obtaining the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image.

13. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the operation that the comparison module obtains the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image comprises:

calculating an average of the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image to obtain the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image.

14. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the output module outputs the inform message according to the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the operation that the comparison module generates the evaluation result based on the overall similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image comprises:

determining at least one highest area similarity score from the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image to generate the evaluation result, wherein the at least one highest area similarity score corresponds to the at least one area.

16. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the feature factors comprise at least one feature factor belonging to the at least one area, wherein the operation that the comparison module obtains the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image based on the feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and the at least one second image comprises:

calculating at least one feature difference parameter corresponding to the at least one second image based on the at least one feature factor belonging to the at least one area respectively corresponding to the first image and the at least one second image; and

calculating the at least one area similarity score corresponding to the at least one second image according to the at least one feature difference parameter and at least one weight value.

17. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least one area comprises an eyebrow area, an eye area, a nose area, a lip area and a face area.

18. The electronic device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the operation that the image feature obtaining module obtains the feature factors respectively corresponding to the first image and the at least one second image comprises:

executing an analyzing operation to the first image to obtain a plurality of first feature factors corresponding to the first image; and

obtaining a plurality of second feature factors corresponding to the at least one second image obtained through the analyzing operation of the at least one second image from a database.