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Method for compiling an image database, an image database system, and an image data storage medium

  • US 6,549,913 B1
  • Filed: 02/23/1999
  • Issued: 04/15/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of compiling an image database in which facial images for a plurality of people are stored with related attribute information to enable searching and retrieving required facial images based on the related attribute information, said method comprising the following steps of:

  • storing facial image information together with attribute information corresponding to the facial image information in a face dictionary; and

    comparing a facial image stored or to be stored in the image database with the facial image information stored in the face dictionary, wherein, when the facial image information matching the facial image exists in the face dictionary, the attribute information, which is stored in the face dictionary corresponding to said matching facial image information, is stored in the image database as related attribute information of the facial image.

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