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Using photographer identity to classify images

a technology of identity and image, applied in the field of image processing, can solve the problems of a typical consumer's digital image collection being organized and retrieved, the length of time spanned by a typical consumer's digital image collection is only a few years, and the complexity of the organization and retrieval problem will continue to grow

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-12-07
EASTMAN KODAK CO
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[0014] It is an advantage of the present invention that when a known photographer has taken images in a collection, that fact can be used to find images of interest. This is made possible because the likelihood that an object of interest appears in an image is related to the identity of the photographer.
[0015] It is a further advantage of the invention that knowledge of the identity of the particular photographer of an image can be used in determining the orientation of the captured image and whether the image was captured indoors or outdoors.

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As a consequence, the organization and retrieval of images and videos is already a problem for the typical consumer.
Currently, the length of time spanned by a typical consumer's digital image collection is only a few years.
The organization and retrieval problem and its complexity will continue to grow as the length of time spanned by the average digital image and video collection increases and the sources for image content also increases.
Furthermore, in a given collection of digital images and videos, certain people tend to occur frequently.

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[0023] In the following description, some embodiments of the present invention will be described as software programs and / or algorithmic flow diagrams. Those skilled in the art will readily recognize that the equivalent of such software can also be constructed in hardware. Because image manipulation algorithms and systems are well known, the present description will be directed in particular to algorithms and systems forming part of, or cooperating more directly with, the method in accordance with the present invention. Other aspects of such algorithms and systems, and hardware and / or software for producing and otherwise processing the image signals involved therewith, not specifically shown or described herein can be selected from such systems, algorithms, components, and elements known in the art. Given the description as set forth in the following specification, all software implementation thereof is conventional and within the ordinary skill in such arts.

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Abstract

A method of identifying at least one particular person of interest in a collection of digital images taken over time, includes providing the collection of digital images with each digital image containing one or more persons; storing in a digital database an appearance model having a set of features associated with the particular person of interest and a prior probability of the person of interest appearing in images by a particular photographer; and comparing the appearance model with features extracted from the digital images in the collection of digital images and using the prior probability and the appearance model to determine if the particular person of interest is in one or more digital images in the collection of digital images.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] Reference is made to commonly assigned, co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 116,729 filed Apr. 28, 2005, entitled “Using Time in Recognizing Persons in Images” by Gallagher et al, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to image processing and more particularly relates to the identification or recognition of a person of interest in a collection of digital images or videos. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] With the advent of digital photography, consumers are amassing large collections of digital images and videos. The average number of images captures with digital cameras per photographer is still increasing each year. As a consequence, the organization and retrieval of images and videos is already a problem for the typical consumer. Currently, the length of time spanned by a typical consumer's digital image collection is only a few years. The organizati...

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IPC IPC(8): G06K9/62
CPCG06K9/00697G06K9/00288G06V40/172G06V20/38
Inventor GALLAGHER, ANDREW C.WELDY, JOHN A.
Owner EASTMAN KODAK CO
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