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Face recognition in a digital imaging system accessing a database of people

  • US 7,843,495 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/2002
  • Issued: 11/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A digital camera comprising:

  • a photo-sensor configured to capture images;

    a means for accessing a face database, the face database used for storing the names and the face identification information for people;

    a processor configured to evaluate captured images to locate faces;

    the processor configured to match the faces, located by the processor, to the face identification information stored in the face database;

    a means for communicating with a user;

    the camera configured to request a name of a person, using the communication means, when a face of the person in an image does not match any faces currently stored in the face database and a count incremented each time face identification information is detected in another image exceeds a predetermined number; and

    where the name of the person is added to the meta-data of the image containing the person when the user identifies the person, the meta-data contained in the same image file as image data for the image.

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