Indexing, storage and retrieval of digital images
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1. A method comprising:
- using information from each image, detecting the location and identification of each face in a group of still images;
identifying generally all sub-images in said group of still images which are recognizable as faces; and
indexing said group of still images according to said sub-images.
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Abstract
A method and a system for archiving, indexing and retrieving images of persons including the steps of providing image data relating to the images of persons to a suitably programmed computer, employing a first suitably programmed computer functionality to provide face recognition of the images, employing a second suitably programmed computer functionality to group the images according to faces recognized therein and employing a third suitably programmed computer functionality to provide an index of groups of the images organized according to faces recognized therein.
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1. A method comprising:
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using information from each image, detecting the location and identification of each face in a group of still images; identifying generally all sub-images in said group of still images which are recognizable as faces; and indexing said group of still images according to said sub-images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a face recognition unit to detect the location and identification of each face in a group of still images from information in each image and to recognize generally all sub-images which are recognizable as faces in a group of still images; and an indexer to index each said group of still images according to said sub-images. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of photographs of a multiplicity of persons in a plurality of scenes, wherein not all of the persons appear in all of the scenes; analyzing said plurality of photographs to detect and identify, from information in said photographs, generally all faces of said persons in each of the scenes; and grouping the photographs according to at least the faces of the persons appearing therein. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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an image receiver to receive a plurality of photographs of a plurality of persons in a plurality of scenes, wherein not all of the persons appear in all of the scenes; and an analyzer to analyze said plurality of photographs to detect and identify, from information in said photographs, generally all faces of said persons in each of the scenes and to group the photographs according at least to the faces of the persons appearing therein. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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