System and method for enabling the use of captured images through recognition
First Claim
1. A method for enabling retrieval of a collection of captured images that form at least a portion of a collection of images, the method comprising:
- for individual images in the collection, using a processor to perform steps comprising;
(a) detecting one or more persons depicted in the captured image;
(b) performing normalization on a face of the detected one or more persons, including normalizing effects of lighting when the image was captured using at least one of a histogram or linear ramp intensity analysis;
(c) performing image analysis on the captured image to determine recognition information about the one or more persons in the captured image using image data contained in the captured image that depicts the face of the one or more persons, further including determining information about a clothing or apparel of the detected one or more persons;
(d) using a probabilistic model and the recognition information to determine an identity assignment for the one or more persons in the captured image, wherein the probability model is based at least on a time when the image was captured and the information about the clothing or apparel, wherein the identify assignment is determined according to a combination that includes at least the time information and the clothing or apparel information.
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Abstract
An embodiment provides for enabling retrieval of a collection of captured images that form at least a portion of a library of images. For each image in the collection, a captured image may be analyzed to recognize information from image data contained in the captured image, and an index may be generated, where the index data is based on the recognized information. Using the index, functionality such as search and retrieval is enabled. Various recognition techniques, including those that use the face, clothing, apparel, and combinations of characteristics may be utilized. Recognition may be performed on, among other things, persons and text carried on objects.
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1. A method for enabling retrieval of a collection of captured images that form at least a portion of a collection of images, the method comprising:
- for individual images in the collection, using a processor to perform steps comprising;
(a) detecting one or more persons depicted in the captured image; (b) performing normalization on a face of the detected one or more persons, including normalizing effects of lighting when the image was captured using at least one of a histogram or linear ramp intensity analysis; (c) performing image analysis on the captured image to determine recognition information about the one or more persons in the captured image using image data contained in the captured image that depicts the face of the one or more persons, further including determining information about a clothing or apparel of the detected one or more persons; (d) using a probabilistic model and the recognition information to determine an identity assignment for the one or more persons in the captured image, wherein the probability model is based at least on a time when the image was captured and the information about the clothing or apparel, wherein the identify assignment is determined according to a combination that includes at least the time information and the clothing or apparel information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- for individual images in the collection, using a processor to perform steps comprising;
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7. A system for enabling retrieval of a collection of captured images that form at least a portion of a library of images, the system comprising:
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an image analysis module that operates to; receive images for the library, the images being captured by one or more consumer-level users that operate corresponding image capturing devices; detect whether individual images depict persons; normalize the individual images for lighting and pose of the depicted persons using at least one of a histogram or linear ramp intensity analysis; perform recognition on the normalized images to determine recognition information for the depicted persons, the recognition information including information about a clothing or apparel of the detected one or more persons; use a probabilistic model and the recognition information to determine an identity assignment for the one or more persons in the captured image, wherein the probabilistic model is based at least on a time when the image captured and the information about the clothing or apparel, wherein the identity assignment is determined according to a combination that includes at least the time information and the clothing or apparel information; an indexer that generates index data, wherein the index data associates the recognition information determined from the one or more persons depicted in the received images with a corresponding captured image that contained that person. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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