System and method of identifying advertisement in images
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of determining a presence of an advertisement in an image, the method comprising:
- receiving an image related to a first geographic location;
detecting, with a processor, a face in the image;
comparing, with the processor, the detected face to a plurality of faces found in a plurality of images, at least one of the plurality of images being related to a second geographic location;
determining, based on the comparison, whether an advertisement with the detected face is present in the received image; and
analyzing, with the processor, image features outside the detected face when it is determined that an advertisement is present in the received image, the processor.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system and method is provided wherein, in one aspect, a processor determines whether multiple street level images have captured a nearly-identical face. If so, the images are processed to determine whether the face appears to be part of an advertisement. Once it is determined that the face is displayed on an advertisement, the boundaries of the advertisement may be determined and the location of the advertisement is stored for future use, e.g., potentially replacing the advertisement in the image with a different advertisement.
-
Citations
34 Claims
-
1. A method of determining a presence of an advertisement in an image, the method comprising:
-
receiving an image related to a first geographic location; detecting, with a processor, a face in the image; comparing, with the processor, the detected face to a plurality of faces found in a plurality of images, at least one of the plurality of images being related to a second geographic location; determining, based on the comparison, whether an advertisement with the detected face is present in the received image; and analyzing, with the processor, image features outside the detected face when it is determined that an advertisement is present in the received image, the processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. A system of determining presence of an advertisement in an image, the system comprising:
-
a processor; and a memory accessible to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor, the instructions comprising instructions for; receiving an image related to a first geographic location; detecting, with a processor, a face in the image; comparing, with the processor, the detected face to a plurality of faces found in a plurality of images, at least one of the plurality of images being related to a second geographic location; determining, based on the comparison, whether an advertisement with the detected face is present in the received image; and analyzing image features outside the detected face when it is determined that an advertisement is present in the received image. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
-
-
27. A method of analyzing an image comprising:
-
selecting a first and second street level image from among a plurality of street level images, wherein the street level images were captured at first and second times and first and second locations; detecting, with a processor, whether the first and second street level image contain an image associated with a face; for each face image detected in the first street level image, determining whether the face image is similar to a face image detected in the second image; determining, with a processor, whether the first level image has captured an advertisement based on whether the similarity of the detected face images from the first and second images indicate that the faces captured in the street level images are likely to be identical, and further based on the location and time that the street level images were captured; and identifying, with a processor, a portion of the first street level image that is likely to have captured an advertisement based on the image information surrounding the detected face image of the first street level image. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
-
Specification