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Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2017
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Chunkit Jacky Chan, Redmond, WA (US);

David Lee, Redmond, WA (US);

Allison Light, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00221 (2013.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06K 9/00677 (2013.01); G06K 9/00288 (2013.01);
Abstract

Technologies for grouping images, and ranking the images and the groupings, based on entities shown in the images. Images may be grouped based on faces shown in the images. Different images with faces that indicate the same entity (e.g., Adam) may be automatically grouped together. Different images with faces that indicate the same multiple entities (e.g., the people in my family) may also be automatically grouped together. Such automatic grouping may be based on facial recognition technologies. Further, images and groups of images may be automatically ranked based on the faces shown and entities represented. Such rankings may also be influenced by adjacent data that indicates family and friends and the like, and that can be used to identify such entities in the images.


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