System and method of identifying advertisement in images
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1. A method of determining the presence of an advertisement in an image, the method comprising:
- detecting, with one or more processors, a first face in a first image associated with a first geographic location;
detecting, with one or more processors, a second face in a second image associated with a second geographic location;
comparing, with one or more processors, the first face to the second face;
determining, based on the comparison, whether an advertisement with the first face is present in the first image.
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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.
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1. A method of determining the presence of an advertisement in an image, the method comprising:
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detecting, with one or more processors, a first face in a first image associated with a first geographic location; detecting, with one or more processors, a second face in a second image associated with a second geographic location; comparing, with one or more processors, the first face to the second face; determining, based on the comparison, whether an advertisement with the first face is present in the first image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system of determining the presence of an advertisement in an image, the system comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory accessible to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, the instructions comprising instructions for; detecting, with a processor, a face in a first image related to a first geographic location; 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; and determining, based on the comparison, whether an advertisement with the detected face is present in the first image. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method comprising:
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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, respectively; detecting, with one or more processors, 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; and determining, with a processor, whether the first street 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. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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